Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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1558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies in operation; the names of the bodies; the annual allocation each received in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15781/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Under Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, housing authorities may provide assistance to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the provision and management of housing accommodation in accordance with the Housing Acts. As Minister, I am empowered to grant approved status to housing bodies for this purpose.

There are 547 bodies with approved status. The register of AHBs can be found on my Department's website at:

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There are a range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing supports in partnership with AHBs through capital funding and social housing current expenditure funding. The funding under these programmes is provided directly to local authorities who, in turn, advance the funding to AHBs, as appropriate.

The total funding provided by local authorities to AHBs in 2017 was €228.73m. As the schemes are administered by the local authorities, my Department does not have details of the funding specifically allocated by them to each individual AHB.