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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 11, 2012

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Manager (a) the estimated/reported number of properties under the control of NAMA in the South Dublin County Council area, (b) the number of SDCC properties which have been released in the first tranche of 2000 from NAMA, (c) the expected timeframe of the delivery of a second tranche of properties from NAMA, and the expected/estimated total number of properties to be released in this tranche, and (d) the process by which NAMA properties are released to SDCC and then allocated?

REPLY:

The Council does not have the number or details of the total property loans under the control of NAMA.

Of the 2,000 residential properties that were offered for social use nationwide by NAMA, 18 are in South Dublin administrative area.

The council has no direct dealings with NAMA on this matter which is dealt with on behalf of all Local Housing Authorities through the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency.

The council confirmed to the HSCA that there was a demand for the 18 properties and expressed an interest in procuring them.

We await further developments. A second tranche of properties is anticipated for later this year but no details are yet available of the specific timeframe for the release.

When they are procured they will be allocated to qualified applicants from our housing waiting list in the normal way in accordance with the Councils Allocation Scheme.