Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of second-hand houses and dwellings purchased by each local authority in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39756/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Details on the number of properties constructed, purchased and leased by all local authorities, for letting to those on the social housing waiting lists, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow local authorities to add additional rooms to local authority houses under their remit on the grounds of overcrowding only and in circumstances where no alternative accommodation is available or suitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39759/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides capital funding to all Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock under the Disabled Persons Grant (DPG) Scheme. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding and the needs of older people or people with a disability, who may require stair lifts or the installation of a downstairs bedroom or bathroom.

The total Exchequer funding allocated under the DPG scheme has increased by over 15% to €14m in 2018 in comparison with €12m in 2017 and my Department issued indicative allocations in respect of this scheme to all local authorities in July 2018.