Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount Limerick City and County Council has requested from his Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for the provision of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52933/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Government’s Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is firmly focused on increasing supply to meet social housing needs under a range of programmes in all counties, including Limerick, with 50,000 social homes to be delivered through build, acquisition and leasing in the period to 2021, as well as meeting the housing needs of an additional 87,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment scheme and the Rental Accommodation Scheme. The Action Plan is supported by €6 billion in funding, which means that local authorities have the financial support available to them to deliver on their local targets.

Limerick City and County Council received €29.69 million from my Department in 2016 and €57.92 million in 2017 for the provision and upgrading of social housing. These levels of funding were based on the levels of housing activity undertaken by Limerick City & County Council and the funding requested by the Council to meet the costs of this activity.

The final position regarding the funding provided to Limerick City & County Council for 2018, will not be known until after the end of the year, when all project activity is completed and validated.