Housing Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 April 2017

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Questions (193)

Seán Haughey

Question:

193. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of the €5.35 billion funding promised in the Government's action plan for housing that has been spent to date; the number of social housing units that have been delivered by the action plan; the locations of each; if the remaining units will be delivered to make up the his target delivery of 47,000 units of social housing by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18438/17]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

To support the implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, I have secured €5.35 billion in investment to deliver 47,000 social housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisitions and leasing, over the period to 2021.

In 2016, over €935 million was provided through a range of housing programmes which saw the needs of over 19,000 households met. An additional €1.3 billion has been provided for 2017, of which some €0.326 billion has been expended to date. This funding is supporting the accelerated delivery of social housing and the achievement of the 2017 target to meet the needs of over 21,000 households.

Some 5,700 social housing units were delivered in 2016 from the 47,000 that are to be delivered under the Action Plan. The balance of the 2016 delivery was through the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Housing Assistance Payment. The table shows the local authority areas where the 5,700 units were delivered. These numbers are preliminary, as the validation of statistics in respect of quarter 4 of 2016 is being finalised, at which point official statistics will be published on my Department's website.

Local Authority	Units delivered in 2016
Carlow County Council	38
Cavan County Council	108
Clare County Council	219
Cork City Council	394
Cork County Council	217
Dun L/R County Council	151
Donegal County Council	148
Dublin City Council	970
Fingal County Council	407
Galway City Council	130
Galway County Council	85
Kerry County Council	253
Kildare County Council	221
Kilkenny County Council	103
Laois County Council	74
Leitrim County Council	90
Limerick City and County Council	169
Longford County Council	79
Louth County Council	125
Mayo County Council	78
Meath County Council	200
Monaghan County Council	75
Offaly County Council	98
Roscommon County Council	106
Sligo County Council	96
South Dublin County Council	208
Tipperary County Council	231
Waterford City and County Council	273
Westmeath County Council	123
Wexford County Council	181
Wicklow County Council	66
	5,716