Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
1290. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the implementation of the programme for Partnership Government as it applies to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24578/18]
View answerMy Department is responsible for over 70 commitments under the Programme for a Partnership Government.
Progress reports on the implementation of the Programme are published on a regular basis by the Department of the Taoiseach. The most recent progress report was published in December 2017 and can be accessed at the following link: Programme for Government Implementation.
I expect a further report, providing a comprehensive update on progress since May 2017 for all Departments, to be published shortly. In terms of the commitments under my Department's remit, this will set out progress in relation to a range of areas, including:
- the commitment in Budget 2018 of €1.9 billion for investment in housing during 2018;
- 7,065 new homes brought into the active social housing stock last year;
- 17,916 new HAP tenancies established in 2017, exceeding the target by almost 3,000;
- in excess of 4,700 exits from homelessness into sustainable tenancies in 2017;
- the launch of Project Ireland 2040 earlier this year - a twenty year spatial strategy backed up by a ten-year, €116 billion capital investment programme.
