Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent per annum on the 1999 affordable housing scheme from its establishment until its abolition in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29052/18]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units provided on the 1999 affordable housing scheme from its establishment until its abolition in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29053/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 567 and 568 together.

A number of different schemes operated under the broad term ‘affordable’ in the period to 2012. Data relating to activity under the Part V Scheme, the Shared Ownership Scheme, the 1999 Affordable Housing Scheme and the Mortgage Allowance Scheme are available on my Department's website, and can be accessed at the following web-link: .

Data relating to activity under the Sale of Sites Scheme are also available on my Department's website at the following web-link:

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The following data are provided from 2005 onwards in order to align with the introduction of my Department’s current financial management system during 2004. Capital spending on affordable housing is shown in the following table:

Capital funding allowed for the provision of new houses by way of the Shared Ownership Scheme by local authorities under the 1999 Affordable Housing Scheme. In addition, it allowed for the payment of site subsidies in respect of housing provided by local authorities, and expenditure on the provision of low-cost sites for new houses. Low-cost sites were also provided by local authorities to voluntary housing bodies for the provision of special needs accommodation, and low-cost sites (developed or undeveloped) were similarly made available to certain eligible groups, including tenants of the local authority.

Details regarding the expenditure on affordable housing/shared ownership subsidies are set out in the following table, encompassing the recoupment to local authorities of the mortgage subsidy payable under the Affordable Housing Scheme and the rent subsidy element of the Shared Ownership Scheme. Some local authorities, since 2015, have a requirement to self-fund housing services from surplus Local Property Tax (LPT) receipts.