Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on social inclusion under the housing expenditure heading of Vote 34 under his Department per annum in each of the years 2014 to 2017; the provision for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14534/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Dedicated funding for Housing Inclusion Support programmes is provided within my Department’s Housing Vote on an annual basis. This funding is provided to local authorities for the provision of programmes to support the delivery of Traveller specific accommodation and related services, the provision of homeless services and also supports to meet the housing needs of people with disabilities.

The funding details requested by the Deputy in respect of the Housing Inclusion Supports programmes are set out in the following table. The data for 2015, 2016 and 2017 includes amounts which were self-funded by certain local authorities from surplus Local Property Tax receipts.

Subhead A.5 Expenditure - Housing Inclusion Supports

More broadly, my Department operates and funds a wide range of housing initiatives which support social inclusion and assist people and communities to fully participate in society. Such programmes include the provision of appropriate housing to meet identified need, a range of improvement, renewal and regeneration programmes and supports to maintain people within their homes. Funding details under these housing programmes is set out in the annual Estimates of Public Expenditure, available at the following link:

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