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Social and Affordable Housing Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Questions (781)

Barry Cowen

Question:

781. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of capital-funded social housing units and new builds that have been commenced since January 2015 by local authority area. [6838/16]

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Following from the substantial announcements of new social housing projects that I made in May 2015, in July 2015 and in January 2016, we now have a strong pipeline of new social housing construction, acquisition and turnkey approvals in place. Between these three announcements, almost €680 million has been allocated for over 3,900 social housing new builds, turnkey developments and acquisitions. Details of these approvals are available on my Department’s website at the following links:

http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,41340,en.htm

http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/News/MainBody,42225,en.htm http://www.environ.ie/housing/social-housing/ministers-kelly-coffey-announce-further-1000-social-housing-units

A breakdown of the number of social housing units covered in those newly announced construction projects across all local authorities is in the following table. It is these projects that will form the majority of the social housing units to be constructed between now and 2018; I am keen that local authorities advance these as soon as possible but recognise that all projects must proceed through the planning process and this and other factors can have a direct impact on the timing for their advancement.

Construction Approvals since Social Housing Strategy

Local Authority

No . of Units

Carlow County Council

72

Cavan County Council

14

Clare County Council

44

Cork City Council

158

Cork County Council

121

DLR County Council

152

Donegal County Council

86

Dublin City Council

280

Fingal County Council

207

Galway City Council

93

Galway County Council

137

Kerry County Council

122

Kildare County Council

161

Kilkenny County Council

142

Laois County Council

73

Leitrim County Council

9

Limerick City & County Council

179

Longford County Council

16

Louth County Council

129

Mayo County Council

44

Meath County Council

83

Monaghan County Council

28

Offaly County Council

59

Roscommon County Council

10

Sligo County Council

49

South Dublin County Council

252

Tipperary County Council

83

Waterford City &  County Council

118

Westmeath County Council

74

Wexford County Council

86

Wicklow County Council

92

While construction activity is ramping up, local authorities are using other approaches to deliver new social housing units in the more immediate term, including acquiring properties, with over 1,000 new social housing units secured through that approach in 2015 alone, and working with developers to build and acquire new Turnkey developments.

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