Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings of the social housing proposals clearing house group with interested parties since its establishment; the number of submissions received to date since its establishment; the number of submissions agreed; the actions arising from the submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43099/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Since being established, the Social Housing Proposals Clearing House Group has received 25 proposals for funding social and affordable housing, using both existing mechanisms and new approaches.

These are from a broad spectrum of entities which include financial institutions, developers, fund managers, financial services providers, Approved Housing Bodies and others. The Clearing Housing Group is currently in the process of concluding its work and will be bringing forward recommendations.

24 submissions have been considered to date. Details of the organisations involved, identifying those that met with the Clearing House Group, are set out in the table. In addition, a proposal was received from the Irish League of Credit Unions on 24 November 2015 and is currently being examined.