Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 with regard to housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10204/17]

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 with regard to the purchase of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10205/17]

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 for the funding of housing grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/17]

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 for the upgrade of existing housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10207/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 390 to 393, inclusive, together.

My Department has put in place a wide range of programmes that are available to all local authorities to generate increased social housing supply, to address specific special needs and to improve the standards and condition of the social housing stock.

In relation to the Deputy’s queries, the development and advancement of appropriate targeted proposals under the various capital programmes mentioned is, in the first instance, a matter for Wexford County Council.

Arising from the Social Housing Strategy, targets and provisional funding allocations were notified to each local authority in April 2015 that covered the period out to end 2017. This released €1.5 billion nationally for nearly 23,000 new social housing units to be delivered via a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes. Wexford’s target is for the delivery of 677 units to the end of 2017, with a funding allocation of €25.36 million.

Now, with the increased national targets under Rebuilding Ireland, increased targets beyond 2017 will be set for all local authorities. These will be based on the results of the most recent statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments, published in late 2016, so that delivery and resources can be aligned with the up-to-date, priority housing needs locally. I anticipate these new targets for individual local authorities will be finalised in Q2 2017.

My Department is in regular contact with Wexford County Council with a view to facilitating the early advancement and delivery of its proposals, and funding for 2017 will be provided by my Department in line with their progress. Accordingly, rather than a pre-set allocation of funding for this year, the level of funding to be provided to Wexford County Council will be directly linked to the scale of delivery they achieve on their approved proposals.

Indeed, it should be noted that my Department has been working closely with all local authorities including Wexford County Council to facilitate and accelerate the delivery of social housing. Wexford County Council already has a strong pipeline of construction projects in development and is being encouraged by my Department to prepare and submit additional construction proposals to further strengthen that pipeline. Details of the County Wexford construction pipeline are available at the following weblink: .