Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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917. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased by a local authority (details supplied); the funding made available to the local authority in 2018; the amount unspent in the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30275/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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To date in 2018, my Department has recouped some €2 million in funding to Carlow County Council for the direct purchase of twenty properties. The total expenditure recouped to the Council on capital and current housing programmes to date in 2018 is €7.5 million. 

In respect of delivering new social housing homes, whether through construction, acquisition or other approaches, no precise advance allocation of funding is made to individual local authorities. Instead, funding is drawn down by the local authorities, in line with the level of advancement they make in delivering new social housing.  In that regard, I have issued social housing delivery targets to all local authorities which, in the case of Carlow County Council for build, acquisition and leasing from 2018-21, is 309 - further information is available at the following . All local authorities, including Carlow, will be required to deliver against these targets and I have assured the Chief Executives that funding is in place to support this delivery.