Social and Affordable Housing Data

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Questions (218)

Dessie Ellis

Question:

218. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of social housing units provided each year from 2000 to 2014 broken down by type, local authority, approved housing body, leasing, RAS and including the average cost to the State per unit in the case of leasing and RAS per year for each type of housing for the period covered. [3015/15]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

My Department publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics, and the total number of units delivered through local authority and voluntary and co-operative provision can be found on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/HousingStatistics/FileDownLoad,15291,en.xls by clicking “LA Housing output (1999+) by each council” under the Social Housing Supports contents.

A breakdown of the leasing units which are operational and the average cost per unit is in tabular format as follows:

Year	Overall Cumulative units	Average Cost per unit per Annum (Current expenditure costs)
2009	437	€1,464.53
2010	1,303	€2,893.32
2011	2,496	€5,528.85
2012	3,701	€5,622.80
2013	4,600	€5,947.83
2014	5,622	€6,197.08
Overall	5,622	€6,197.08

With regard to Rental Accommodation Scheme provision, some 51,384 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement since it commenced in late 2005 up to the end of November 2014. A breakdown by local authority is set out in the table below. Of these 30,335 were housed directly under RAS and a further 21,049 were accommodated under other social housing supports.

While details of the rent paid by each authority in respect of individual RAS contracts is not collected by my Department, based on data provided by local authorities, the average monthly rent paid under the scheme in 2013 is set out in the following table, broken down by different types of units.

Year	1 bed unit	2 bed unit	3 bed unit	4 bed unit
2013	€499	€569	€651	€708

Transfers to RAS and Social Housing 2005-2014

Local Authorities	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 to Nov	Total 2005 -
Carlow Co. Cl.	0	28	113	133	150	132	128	164	93	38	979
Cavan Co. Cl.	0	68	77	68	155	144	162	242	121	119	1,156
Clare Co. Cl.	44	96	94	134	135	102	102	91	109	117	1,024
Cork City Cl.	50	308	267	362	279	353	359	231	206	195	2,610
Cork Co. Cl.	0	0	518	620	490	438	429	364	324	183	3,366
Donegal Co. Cl.	141	373	402	222	298	323	277	212	219	131	2,598
Dublin City Cl.	224	523	456	618	596	478	251	317	308	282	4,053
Dublin South Co. Cl.	7	388	425	393	527	452	365	392	362	439	3,750
DL/Rathdown Co.Cl.	0	49	232	229	256	256	154	126	191	117	1,610
Fingal Co. Cl.	0	122	171	281	347	331	548	408	343	248	2,799
Galway City Cl.	62	184	227	244	208	135	168	72	47	20	1,367
Galway Co. Cl.	0	112	132	142	157	158	113	144	139	101	1,198
Kerry Co. Cl.	0	167	272	266	280	231	212	214	239	158	2,039
Kildare Co. Cl.	0	0	286	346	93	201	202	119	88	96	1,431
Kilkenny Co. Cl.	0	162	279	173	143	110	159	195	174	90	1,485
Laois Co. Cl.	0	61	69	122	53	64	75	66	34	21	565
Leitrim Co. Cl.	0	24	0	28	44	64	75	6	15	15	271
Limerick City Cl.	42	116	118	123	133	174	175	140	117	74	1,212
Limerick Co. Cl.	0	131	112	122	133	111	149	102	59	0	919
Longford Co. Cl.	0	51	81	121	106	94	42	8	16	25	544
Louth Co. Cl.	17	169	158	281	201	197	156	29	22	0	1,230
Mayo Co. Cl.	0	128	245	244	234	251	224	175	217	164	1,882
Meath Co. Cl.	0	39	43	108	135	164	168	124	101	71	953
Monaghan Co. Cl.	0	76	88	83	72	117	59	39	32	5	571
Nth Tipperary Co. Cl.	0	77	89	100	132	144	173	152	129	31	1,027
Offaly Co. Cl.	7	53	65	376	127	113	86	92	53	47	1,019
Roscommon Co.Cl.	0	57	148	13	145	165	144	134	117	97	1,020
Sligo Co. Cl.	3	121	63	156	163	117	128	110	42	56	959
Sth Tipperary Co. Cl.	0	129	179	13	200	196	199	196	137	112	1,361
Waterford City Cl.	0	226	140	118	181	111	250	142	99	62	1,329
Waterford Co. Cl.	0	40	46	101	142	155	99	93	69	19	764
Westmeath Co. Cl.	0	72	83	140	162	91	71	90	123	76	908
Wexford Co. Cl.	9	198	304	260	191	283	274	275	255	197	2,246
Wicklow Co. Cl.	0	88	72	175	134	154	161	187	101	67	1,139
Totals - Annual	606	4,436	6,054	6,915	6,802	6,609	6,337	5451	4701	3,473	51,384