Written answers
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Capital Assistance Scheme
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the capital assistance scheme in the past three years; the breakdown in funding by local authority; the amount drawn down in each year; the number of applications made; the number of the applications specifically made to housing projects for persons with disabilities in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3867/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Information on the funding provision under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) to each of the local authorities is set out below, for each of the three years 2018-20. Under CAS, funding of up to 100% of project costs may be advanced by local authorities to Approved Housing Bodies to provide accommodation for priority categories on the waiting list including elderly, people/families who are homeless and people with a disability.
| Local Authority | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 1,007,013 | 943,064 | 2,968,399 |
| Cavan | 0 | 2,827,500 | 0 |
| Clare | 1,649,920 | 1,145,838 | 3,262,567 |
| Cork City | 2,817,421 | 5,535,170 | 7,116,166 |
| Cork County | 4,534,514 | 1,830,693 | 2,004,492 |
| Donegal | 414,745 | 0 | 1,354,588 |
| Dublin City | 19,225,212 | 17,012,458 | 19,791,071 |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | 5,149,732 | 1,484,998 | 3,926,540 |
| Fingal | 7,833,104 | 6,339,878 | 8,813,233 |
| Galway City | 489,288 | 2,414,593 | 1,933,938 |
| Galway County | 1,233,262 | 4,147,467 | 2,107,928 |
| Kerry | 1,805,031 | 1,235,936 | 1,176,653 |
| Kilkenny | 9,663,503 | 16,418,993 | 10,558,183 |
| Kildare | 3,160,893 | 2,933,821 | 4,564,808 |
| Laois | 97,783 | 86,764 | 373,126 |
| Leitrim | 39,853 | 47,968 | 0 |
| Limerick City & County | 7,445,546 | 6,818,975 | 3,084,746 |
| Longford | 0 | 0 | 272,819 |
| Louth | 1,136,852 | 159,505 | 773,673 |
| Mayo | 1,043,931 | 719,670 | 159,380 |
| Meath | 0 | 4,052,652 | 0 |
| Monaghan | 51,125 | 0 | 2,610,677 |
| Offaly | 1,065,744 | 1,780,485 | 2,449,387 |
| Roscommon | 270,300 | 0 | 0 |
| Sligo | 838,425 | 1,160,965 | 654,672 |
| South Dublin | 2,427,718 | 7,112,723 | 3,913,263 |
| Tipperary | 4,387,125 | 2,016,578 | 1,277,614 |
| Waterford | 994,532 | 2,470,188 | 4,609,111 |
| Westmeath | 293,513 | 0 | 661,945 |
| Wexford | 671,410 | 1,460,083 | 2,158,037 |
| Wicklow | 903,000 | 5,546,091 | 2,554,396 |
| Totals | 80,650,495 | 97,703,056 | 95,131,412 |
Details of the CAS housing units delivered are available on my Department’s website at the following link:www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#local-authority-acquisition. Data in relation to 2020 delivery is currently being finalised with the local authorities and will be published as soon as possible.
My Department does not have data on the precise applications to local authorities under CAS broken down between the different categories of possible tenants, including people with a disability. At the time of an application, the eventual allocation of the new housing may not be finalised. For example, new CAS housing units may be developed with accessibility or mobility-friendly features built in, but could equally be allocated to a person with disability or to an elderly person. The final allocation may only be decided on completion of the housing and may depend on who is on the Council’s waiting list at that time.
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