Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2024
293. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes built directly by each local authority in each of the years 2021 to 2023, in tabular form, broken down by whether they were delivered by direct labour employed by the local authority or through subcontracting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20776/24]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity, to include homes built by local authorities and by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), in each local authority area. This data is available to the end of 2023 and is published on the statistics' page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments and their location that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for Quarter 4 2023. All Construction Status 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, funding stream etc. at this link: https://data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2023
The Report provides scheme-level details on the completion of social housing new-builds. It is a full compendium of live LA and AHB social housing new-build activity.
In general, local authority housing is not delivered by direct labour employed by the local authority. Projects are developed and designed by local authorities but the construction contractors are recruited via public tendering.
