Written Answers Nos. 462-466
462. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount provided to each local authority in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in respect of the built heritage investment scheme. [15194/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra471. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects funded under the 2023 and 2024 historic structures fund, in tabular form. [15243/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 471 together.
My Department funds a range of grant schemes for the repair and conservation of protected structures and certain other historic buildings.
The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) provides grants of between €2,500 and €50,000 for a wide range of conservation works; the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) provides grants of between €50,000 and €200,000 for similar works at a larger scale. Both schemes are administered in the main by the local authorities with funding from the National Built Heritage Service (NBHS).
The breakdown of BHIS funding allocations per local authority is as follows:
|
Local Authority |
2023 BHIS |
2024 BHIS |
2025 BHIS |
|
Carlow County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€160,959.10 |
|
Cavan County Council |
€103,196.12 |
€103,196.12 |
€192,138.91 |
|
Clare County Council |
€108,275.73 |
€108,275.73 |
€165,720.96 |
|
Cork City Council |
€152,000.00 |
€152,000.00 |
€224,444.67 |
|
Cork County Council |
€169,153.40 |
€169,153.40 |
€484,027.22 |
|
Donegal County Council |
€175,368.93 |
€175,368.93 |
€213,070.70 |
|
Dublin City Council |
€497,800.00 |
€497,800.00 |
€1,123,299.02 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
€131,400.00 |
€131,400.00 |
€341,100.02 |
|
Fingal County Council |
€107,217.48 |
€107,217.48 |
€182,830.45 |
|
Galway City Council |
€128,200.00 |
€128,200.00 |
€132,551.51 |
|
Galway County Council |
€242,384.47 |
€242,384.47 |
€320,453.05 |
|
Kerry County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€234,458.46 |
|
Kildare County Council |
€139,733.98 |
€139,733.98 |
€244,138.31 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
€180,716.50 |
€180,716.50 |
€276,978.17 |
|
Laois County Council |
€106,370.87 |
€106,370.87 |
€195,436.57 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€113,508.90 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
€233,881.55 |
€233,881.55 |
€354,887.63 |
|
Longford County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€125,080.54 |
|
Louth County Council |
€140,792.23 |
€140,792.23 |
€269,655.05 |
|
Mayo County Council |
€109,757.28 |
€109,757.28 |
€155,285.49 |
|
Meath County Council |
€139,099.03 |
€139,099.03 |
€260,135.41 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€166,952.08 |
|
Offaly County Council |
€141,850.49 |
€141,850.49 |
€265,088.02 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
€102,984.47 |
€102,984.47 |
€150,347.13 |
|
Sligo County Council |
€107,005.83 |
€107,005.83 |
€176,748.72 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€126,014.41 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
€147,776.70 |
€147,776.70 |
€388,661.57 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
€223,460.19 |
€223,460.19 |
€314,789.53 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
€131,400.00 |
€131,400.00 |
€256,838.69 |
|
Wexford County Council |
€173,174.76 |
€173,174.76 |
€308,763.93 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
€101,000.00 |
€101,000.00 |
€175,634.79 |
|
TOTALS |
€4,600,000.00 |
€4,600,000.00 |
€8,099,999.00 |
The total allocation for 2025 is greater than for previous years because grants of between €15,000 and €50,000, which were previously made under the Historic Structures Fund, now form part of the BHIS allocation. Funding is allocated to local authorities based on the number of buildings on the relevant Record of Protected Structures.
In relation to the Historic Structures Fund, the list of projects awarded funding is published by my Department on an annual basis. Projects funded under HSF in 2023 can be found at the following link:
www.buildingsofireland.ie/app/uploads/2023/03/Historic-Structures-Fund-2023-Projects.pdf
Projects funded under the HSF in 2024 can be found at the following link:
www.buildingsofireland.ie/app/uploads/2024/03/Historic-Structures-Fund-2024-Grant-Offers.pdf
Projects awarded funding under HSF in 2025 (announced last week) can be found at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/5aea3-2025-historic-structures-fund-hsf-recommended-grant-offers/
463. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the total amount spent on the housing assistance payment in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [15235/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra464. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the total amount spent on housing assistance payment in each of the past five years, by year and the local authority where the recipients are situated, in tabular form. [15236/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on social housing delivery activity in all local authority areas on the statistics page of its website. Data in relation to funding provided by the State for HAP tenancies to end of Q3 2024 can be found on my Department’s website at this link:
assets.gov.ie/289117/f7b6e8f7-927f-42d4-9b3d-188e7ecca467.xlsx
Q4 2024 figures are currently being compiled and will be published when that process is complete.
465. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the total amount spent on subventions to approved housing bodies, including funding under the capital assistance scheme and capital advance leasing facility, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [15237/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra466. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the total amount spent on social housing delivery in each of the past five years, by year and category, including spending on new builds, acquisitions, refurbishments and leasing schemes, in tabular form. [15238/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra469. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide links to official reports, documents and published datasets (details supplied) [15241/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 465, 466 and 469 together.
Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes. Capital expenditure on the delivery of new social homes is also supported by current funding provided through the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP).
The table below sets out the details in respect of social housing expenditure through build, acquisition and lease delivery schemes in each year over the period 2020 – 2023. In relation to 2024 Housing expenditure, this is currently being examined and will be available shortly.
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
|
Social Delivery |
||||
|
Build |
1,032 |
1,075 |
1,476 |
1,597 |
|
Acquisition |
281 |
328 |
220 |
458 |
|
Lease |
207 |
287 |
384 |
199 |
|
Total |
1,519 |
1,690 |
2,079 |
2,253 |
In relation to funding for AHBs, my Department does not fund AHBs directly, rather the funding is provided primarily to the local authorities and also to the Housing Agency, who in turn, release this funding to the AHBs in line with relevant funding scheme conditions. However, the funding provided by my Department in respect of the main range of AHB capital and current funded schemes, in each year over the period 2020 – 2023, is set out in the table below.
|
Year |
Funding €m |
|
2020 |
515 |
|
2021 |
633 |
|
2022 |
797 |
|
2023 |
1,062 |
Additionally, in respect of AHB related homeless expenditure, financial reports from each of the homeless regions setting out expenditure on homeless services, are published on my Department’s website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/#local-authority-regional-financial-reports
More broadly, annual expenditure details for all Housing Subheads within my Department’s Vote are set out in my Department’s Appropriation Accounts which are available on the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) website at the following link:
www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/appropriation%20accounts/
My Department's 2024 Appropriation Account is currently being finalised and is due to be submitted to the C&AG shortly.
The 2025 budgetary allocations for all Housing Subheads and the related key performance metrics, are available in the 2025 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which is available at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/e20037-revised-estimates/#2025
In addition, my Department collects and publishes comprehensive data on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and AHBs across the build, acquisition, leasing, RAS and HAP delivery streams. This data is available on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link:
gov.ie - Overall social and affordable housing provision
My Department also publishes the social housing construction projects status report (CSR) which outlines the ongoing delivery of social housing across the country. These reports are available at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/
A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis by local authority, location etc. at the following link:
data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2024
In relation to the Land Development Agency (LDA), the Annual Reports, including the annual Financial Statements, are available on the Agency’s website at the following link:
lda.ie/about-us/publications/annual-reports
