Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 June 2023
396. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of funding given towards the building of voluntary houses; if a breakdown can be provided for each voluntary housing group for the Kerry area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31250/23]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. This data is available to the end of 2022, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/
There are a broad range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing and related supports in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). My Department does not fund AHBs directly, but rather provides the funding primarily to the local authorities, who, in turn, channel the funds to the AHBs as appropriate.
Details on the funding provided to each individual AHB is not readily available within my Department. However, the capital funding provided to the local authorities in 2022, under the two main AHB social housing delivery programmes, i.e. the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) and the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), amounted to over €400 million. Funding provided to Kerry County Council under these two schemes in 2022 amounted to €12 million.
