Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on the social housing current expenditure programme in each of the years 2011 to 2018; the estimated cost in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/19]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units on the social housing current expenditure programme in each of the years 2011 to 2018; the estimated cost in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3301/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together.

The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the leasing of houses and apartments. These properties are either privately owned or owned by AHBs. Properties made available under the programme are used to accommodate households from local authority waiting lists.

Details of the total number of properties operational under SHCEP at the end of each of the years 2011 to end Q3 2018 are provided below in tabular form. Data for Q4 2018 are currently being collated and will be available shortly.

In total, it is estimated that an additional 21,100 dwellings will be incrementally supported under SHCEP in the period from 2018 to 2021. This includes dwellings to be sourced through long-term lease arrangements from a range of different sources including the Repair and Leasing Scheme, Enhanced Leasing Scheme and properties which will be delivered by AHBs through a combination of the support under my Department's Capital Advance Loan Facility (CALF) and private borrowings, including from the Housing Finance Agency (HFA).  

The annual cost of SHCEP to the Exchequer is made up of the continuing cost of supporting existing tenancies and contracts in place at the end of the previous year together with the additional cost of the new tenancies and contracts supported over the course of the year to which the allocation relates. Exchequer funding for SHCEP in 2019 is €155m– an increase of €40m over 2018. Details of the funding provided to local authorities under SHCEP from 2011 to end Q3 2018 are provided below in tabular form.