Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 January 2017
144. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the instruction to local authorities not to construct any further one-off local authority houses in the countryside on land provided at a nominal fee by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2531/17]
View answerAs housing authorities, local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area and the development of appropriate responses to the need identified. This can include the development of single rural dwellings where identified and prioritised by local authorities.
In responding to housing need, local authorities now have substantial pipelines of new social housing projects, ranging from larger scale developments to smaller scale projects, and I am keen that they advance all of these as soon as possible and have assured them that funding is available to fully support their efforts in this regard.
