Local Authority Housing Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2017

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Questions (406)

Mick Wallace

Question:

406. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of capital funded local authority housing units approved from February 2016 to date in 2017, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44604/17]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

A total of 3,379 new local authority social homes have been approved for construction from February 2016 to date, under my Department’s capital funding programmes. The breakdown by local authority is set out in the following table. 

Local Authority	Number of homes
Carlow County Council	133
Cavan County Council	8
Clare County Council	30
Cork County Council	461
Cork City Council	291
DLR County Council	39
Donegal County Council	101
Dublin City Council	225
Fingal County Council	189
Galway City Council	23
Galway County Council	16
Kerry County Council	176
Kildare County Council	106
Kilkenny County Council	151
Laois County Council	36
Leitrim County Council	44
Limerick City & County Council	117
Longford County Council	16
Louth County Council	56
Mayo County Council	142
Meath County Council	136
Monaghan County Council	55
Offaly County Council	25
Roscommon  County Council	12
Sligo County Council	29
South Dublin County Council	196
Tipperary County Council	112
Waterford City & County Council	96
Westmeath County Council	43
Wexford County Council	151
Wicklow County Council	164
	3,379

All of these schemes are progressing through planning, design and construction. Further project approvals are being added to the construction programme on an ongoing basis, as they are developed by local authorities and approved housing bodies. I am keen that all local authorities advance their social housing construction programme as speedily as possible and I have assured them that funding is in place to support their activity in this regard.