Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 May 2017
126. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses directly under construction by the local authorities to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25147/17]
View answerDetails in respect of the substantial pipeline of new social housing construction projects that is now in place are set out in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects, the latest update of which I published last week and which is available at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/rebuilding-ireland/coveney-publishes-details-further-progress-social-housing-schemes. Details of all the social housing construction projects being implemented across the 31 local authority areas are set out in the Report, including the number of new social homes covered by each separate project.
The Report covers over 600 projects, involving over 10,000 new social homes, and includes projects completed in 2016 and in the 1st quarter of this year, and others that are on site or at various stages of advancement through planning and design. The scale of the construction pipeline as at end-Quarter 1 2017 represents a major escalation in the social housing build programme and more projects are being added on an ongoing basis, to ensure we deliver on the Rebuilding Ireland targets. I am keen that all local authorities advance their social housing projects as speedily as possible and I have assured them that funding is in place to support their activity in this regard.
