Written answers
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Social and Affordable Housing Data
Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units bought in County Cork by Cork County Council with the intention of using for social housing purposes; the number of units bought in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the location of each unit; and the cost of each unit. [20275/17]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under Pillar 2 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, my Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports to respond to housing need and meet the needs of homeless people within their areas.
Details of properties purchased by Cork County Council for letting to those on their social housing waiting lists are summarised in the table.
| Year/Area | Number of properties | Sum of Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Year: 2014 | 4 | €611,030 |
| Ballineen | 1 | €197,925 |
| Cobh | 1 | €106,575 |
| Mitchelstown | 1 | €149,205 |
| Youghal | 1 | €157,325 |
| Year: 2015 | 27 | €4,461,468 |
| Ballincollig | 1 | €215,000 |
| Bandon | 2 | €249,552 |
| Carrigaline | 4 | €928,000 |
| Charleville | 1 | €139,000 |
| Cobh | 7 | €922,312 |
| Crosshaven | 1 | €170,000 |
| Glanmire | 1 | €215,000 |
| Grange | 1 | €239,000 |
| Grenagh | 1 | €180,000 |
| Kanturk | 1 | €172,500 |
| Killeagh | 1 | €155,000 |
| Little Island | 1 | €187,000 |
| Mallow | 2 | €220,000 |
| Midleton | 2 | €259,104 |
| Rochestown | 1 | €210,000 |
| Year: 2016 | 98 | €18,265,500 |
| Fermoy | 1 | €225,000 |
| Ballincollig | 3 | €690,000 |
| Ballinhassig | 2 | €345,000 |
| Ballyclough | 1 | €200,000 |
| Bandon | 9 | €1,716,500 |
| Bantry | 1 | €165,000 |
| Blarney | 1 | €250,000 |
| Boherbue | 1 | €165,000 |
| Carrigaline | 4 | €804,500 |
| Carrigtwohill | 1 | €225,000 |
| Castlemartyr | 1 | €172,000 |
| Castletownshend | 1 | €155,000 |
| Charleville | 2 | €235,000 |
| Clonakilty | 4 | €808,000 |
| Cobh | 11 | €1,777,500 |
| Douglas | 1 | €165,000 |
| Drimoleague | 2 | €293,000 |
| Dromahane | 2 | €310,000 |
| Fermoy | 2 | €412,500 |
| Inishmore Park, Cobh | 1 | €240,000 |
| Kanturk | 3 | €437,000 |
| Killeagh | 1 | €210,000 |
| Kinsale | 4 | €1,025,000 |
| Ladysbridge | 1 | €170,000 |
| Little Island | 2 | €460,000 |
| Macroom | 1 | €210,000 |
| Mallow | 9 | €1,527,000 |
| Midleton | 6 | €1,205,000 |
| Millstreet | 3 | €510,000 |
| Passage West | 5 | €1,215,000 |
| Skibbereen | 4 | €620,000 |
| Whitegate | 1 | €175,000 |
| Youghal | 7 | €1,147,500 |
| Year: 2017 to date | 24 | €6,240,000 |
| Bandon | 4 | €780,000 |
| Douglas | 13 | €3,955,000 |
| Fermoy | 1 | €225,000 |
| Glanmire | 1 | €240,000 |
| Kanturk | 1 | €195,000 |
| Mallow | 1 | €290,000 |
| Millstreet | 1 | €190,000 |
| Mitchelstown | 1 | €205,000 |
| Rathcormac | 1 | €160,000 |
| Total 2014 to date: | 153 | €29,577,998 |
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