Mary Lou McDonald
Question:1273. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing completions in 2016 and to date in 2017 in Dublin city. [33674/17]
View answerThursday, 13 July 2017
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Details on the number of social housing completions by local authority are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision. Information on quarter four of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly, with information on quarter one of 2017 to follow thereafter. The provisional data indicates that nationally in 2016, the housing needs of over 19,000 households were met through a range of housing programmes, supported by expenditure of over €935 million. A further €1.3 billion has been provided for 2017 to support the accelerated delivery of social housing and the achievement of the 2017 target to meet the housing needs of over 21,000 households.
Details in respect of the substantial pipeline of new social housing construction projects that is now in place, including in the Dublin City Council area, are set out in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects, the latest update of 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, delivering over 10,000 new social homes, including some 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 ambitious targets set in the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness. 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.
Question No. 1274 answered with Question No. 1272.