Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 November 2017
226. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if further new schemes will be approved in the event of Cavan and Monaghan County Councils providing extra land found suitable for housing. [48277/17]
View answerUnder Rebuilding Ireland, funding is available to all local authorities, to deliver additional social housing stock through both new construction projects, through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments and through working with AHBs (approved housing bodies) who also deliver important elements of social housing.
I will shortly be issuing new targets for social housing delivery by the local authorities out to 2021, in line with the Rebuilding Ireland national targets. It will be a matter in the first place for each of the local authorities to bring forward new social housing proposals of their own, or through working with AHBs, to meet that target. To the extent that their plans include additional projects on new sites as part of meeting targets, support is available under Rebuilding Ireland.
