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Friday, 6 September 2019

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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2006. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units acquired under the buy and renew scheme by county; the expenditure by county per annum; the number of applications per annum since its inception by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36769/19]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including delivery through the Buy and Renew Scheme.

Since the Buy & Renew Scheme was introduced, local authorities have delivered over 430 new social homes under the scheme. Activity in this regard is largely delegated to local authorities so they can respond flexibly to all opportunities to provide new social housing. The following table sets out details of the number of homes acquired, and the associated costs, broken down by local authority.

Local Authority 2016/2017 Homes Cost* 2018 Homes Cost* 2019 Homes Cost*
Carlow1€116,50015€1,875,6073€533,007
Cavan0€01€178,0380€0
Clare4€666,46816€2,949,0937€1,317,977
Cork City0€027€6,842,6398€1,925,471
Cork County0€03€497,5281€217,163
DLR12€4,100,0000€01€300,000
Dublin City6€2,004,75220€4,646,9576€1,318,533
Fingal11€2,433,56119€7,442,6170€0
Kerry12€1,782,50121€3,356,2163€492,889
Kildare2€697,6781€403,7022€453,343
Kilkenny1€251,9710€00€0
Laois3€343,8200€01€160,845
Leitrim0€05€635,0300€0
Limerick15€3,109,12631€6,351,4374€1,011,758
Louth0€051€7,616,0000€0
Meath11€2,244,49917€3,740,5316€1,250,674
Monaghan0€017€2,456,7002€308,051
Offaly4€510,5980€00€0
Roscommon0€00€01€123,830
Sligo0€01€155,4860€0
Tipperary1€123,2509€1,258,0150€0
Waterford29€1,998,2584€622,3166€423,896
Westmeath0€02€229,5380€0
Wexford0€06€643,2963€371,573
*Costs include costs of refurbishment (estimated in certain cases pending receipt of final claims from local authorities)

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