Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2017
413. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the schemes in each local authority that he is targeting to meet the target of 3,800 newly built social houses in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44739/17]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive status reports on a quarterly basis of all social housing construction schemes for all local authority areas, showing details such as their locations and a range of information relating to their advancement.
The most recent of these reports covers the period up to the end of quarter 2 of 2017; it contains information on the delivery of 11,000 new social homes that have been approved to date, some of which were delivered over the course of 2016 and up to the end of quarter 2 of 2017. The remainder are progressing through planning, design and construction. The report can be accessed at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/social-housing-construction-projects-report-2017/.
It will be these schemes that will form a significant element of the construction delivery in 2018, when we are targeting the delivery of 3,800 newly built homes by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) under a range of different initiatives such as local authority and AHB construction, rapid delivery, regeneration programmes and turnkey developments.
Further projects have been added to the programme since end Q2 and additional projects continue to be added as they are developed by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies, including new projects under the rapid delivery programme, some of which will also contribute to the delivery programme next year. 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.
