I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together.
My Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity, including leasing delivery statistics by local authority. These statistics are published on my Department's website and are available at the following link - www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/
Funding for leasing projects is provided for under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP). This Programme supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from private owners and Approved Housing Bodies.
At end 2020, a total of 273 leased properties were supported under SHCEP across all leasing delivery programmes in Kildare County Council. A breakdown of the total number of leased dwellings by lease type for each year 2018 to 2020 is set out in Table 1 below.
Details of the annual cost of each lease type in each year from 2018 to 2020 is set out in Table 2 below.
Data relating to the tenanting and allocations of dwellings is not held by my Department and is a matter for the local authority.
Table 1: Kildare County Council, Leasing Year End Figures 2018 to 2020.
Table
Table 2: Kildare County Council, Leasing Spend - 2018 to 2020.
Scheme
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
AHB MTR
|
€213,891
|
€354,325
|
€416,876
|
AHB Private Lease
|
€1,092,000
|
€1,257,571
|
€1,176,831
|
LA Direct
|
€102,296
|
€184,102
|
€437,804
|
Private MTR
|
€0
|
€0
|
€16,213
|
RLS
|
€0
|
€8,159
|
€5,760
|
Unsold Affordables
|
€168,528
|
€160,964
|
€160,524
|
Total
|
€1,576,715
|
€1,965,121
|
€2,214,008
|
All data is based on local authority claims for operational agreements recorded on the Department's SHCEP financial management system. Any variations in data between operational figures and total output under leasing delivery streams may be due to the time lag in the submission of claims to my Department in respect of new claims after delivery.