Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 May 2018
52. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing units he expects to come on stream in the next year in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/18]
View answerI recently wrote to all local authorities, including Tipperary County Council, setting out their individual social housing targets across build, acquisition and leasing for 2018 and also for 2018-2021.
In the case of Tipperary County Council, they have a target to deliver 117 new social homes in 2018 through build, acquisition and long-term leasing initiatives, with a further 154 families or individuals to be housed through the Housing Assistance Payment or the Rental Accommodation Schemes. I am keen to see Tipperary County Council and all other local authorities meet or, indeed, exceed these targets and have assured them that funding is available to support them in that regard. Full details of the targets for all local authority areas, including Tipperary, are available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-delivery-targets-for-local-authorities-2018-2021/.
My Department also publishes information of the construction of new social housing via quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports. The most recently available report can be seen on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2017/ . This shows activity up to end-2017 and, since then, local authorities will have advanced further projects through approval onto site, with new projects also being added to the pipeline.
