Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to each local authority for the provision of housing in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of housing units built over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45207/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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This year, more than €2.4 billion was allocated to the delivery of social homes nationwide, as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.

As part of this programme, targets are set against a range of delivery mechanisms and resources are allocated to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies, as the key delivery agents for this work.

My Department work closely with both local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to monitor progress against these targets and progress is published on a quarterly basis on my Department's website.

The most recent report covers the period up to the end of Q2 2019 and includes a breakdown of all homes delivered, on a county by county basis, including information on the funding stream for each scheme. Detailed information can be found here:

The funding provided by my Department to each local authority in respect of the delivery of housing programmes, in each year from 2016 to 2018, and for the first 9 months of 2019, is set out in the table below.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided to each county for water upgrades in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45208/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the recoupment by my Department to local authorities each year since 2016 under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme which includes Group Water Schemes, Group Sewerage Schemes, Individual wells (more commonly known as private or household wells) and on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks).

Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels in relation to public water and waste water services.

Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a dedicated number, 1890 578 578.