€251.5m in housing capital allocations is to be given to local authorities in 2012.
According to a press release issued by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government today, the allocation will support investment under the national regeneration programme, works to improve the standard and energy efficiency of the national social housing stock and meet commitments under existing contracts for delivering social and voluntary houses.
A multi- annual capital investment programme for new housing construction projects will be outlined later in the year.
The box below sets out the capital allocations to local authorities for 2012, broken down between housing supply contract and measures to improve the national social housing stock, including through regeneration.
| Local Authority | Housing Supply | Improving the Housing Stock (incl Regeneration) |
| Carlow | €2,100,000 | €265,849 |
| Cavan | €986,000 | €485,396 |
| Clare | €3,500,000 | €1,809,833 |
| Cork County* | €4,600,000 | €2,057,456 |
| Cork City | €3,562,000 | €13,432,750 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | €3,593,150 | €807,000 |
| Donegal | €2,300,000 | €699,022 |
| Dublin City | €12,050,000 | €50,088,150 |
| Fingal | €6,400,000 | €664,169 |
| Galway County | €1,450,000 | €550,750 |
| Galway City* | €1,660,000 | €309,614 |
| Kerry | €1,623,249 | €5,523,332 |
| Kildare | €3,980,000 | €2,030,555 |
| Kilkenny | €4,860,000 | €497,048 |
| Laois | €700,000 | €322,574 |
| Leitrim | €375,000 | €916,130 |
| Limerick County | €1,484,400 | €1,475,569 |
| Limerick City | €3,600,000 | €28,175,000 |
| Longford | €1,500,000 | €878,020 |
| Louth | €8,450,000 | €2,836,488 |
| Mayo | €3,036,850 | €573,426 |
| Meath* | €1,678,133 | €5,381,475 |
| Monaghan | €2,000,000 | €814,712 |
| Offaly* | €1,800,000 | €309,691 |
| Roscommon | €1,708,587 | €487,514 |
| Sligo | €4,818,090 | €3,416,747 |
| South Dublin | €6,150,000 | €5,365,846 |
| Tipperary North* | €1,589,508 | €2,120,000 |
| Tipperary South* | €927,641 | €3,406,350 |
| Waterford County | €2,100,000 | €343,606 |
| Waterford City | €4,352,240 | €1,758,718 |
| Westmeath | €3,246,452 | €703,739 |
| Wexford | €4,485,000 | €544,686 |
| Wicklow | €4,785,000 | €904,000 |
| TOTALS | €111,451,300 | €139,955,215 |