Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2018
618. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Part V houses that have been allocated in the past two years by county; the number of units that will be coming on stream over the next two years by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39465/18]
View answerStatistical data in relation to Part V output published to end 2017 can be found on my Department’s website at https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/affordable-housing/affordable-housing-and-part-v-statistics.
Additional Part V data relating to delivery to end Q2 2018 is available at the following link:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/attachments/social_housing_output_overview_q2_2018.xlsx .
While my Department collects statistics on delivery of social housing by local authorities, allocations and tenanting are a matter for individual authorities and data is not held in relation to same.
Agreement on Part V arrangements are a matter for local authorities. The current options available to local authorities for Part V delivery are:
- the transfer of ownership of land, subject to the planning permission application, to a local authority for the provision of social housing remains the default option as is currently the case. The land option must be acceptable to the local authority, as well as the developer;
- the building and transfer of ownership to the local authority, or persons nominated, of completed social housing units on the site subject to the planning permission;
- the transfer of ownership to the local authority, or persons nominated, of completed social housing units on other land;
- the Part V obligation can now be fulfilled by developers through long term leasing of properties; and
- a combination of the options above.
Since 2015, the Part V condition must require that the agreement be entered into prior to the lodging of a commencement notice. This is a significant change, which should frontload the delivery of social housing units to the local authority. There is nothing to prevent local authorities acquiring further units in a development outside of Part V, subject to any relevant policies and the agreement of my Department to funding for such units.
With regard to future delivery of Part V homes, my Department formerly gathered statistical information on Part V agreements “in progress”, which can be found here: https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/attachments/2fa5-pt-v-area-2014-2017_0.xlsx.
Many Part V agreements are, however, not fully actioned, as some planning permissions are not fully exercised. In addition, local authorities do not have control over the timing of Part V delivery on private developments and, therefore, this data could not be used as a reliable indicator of future delivery. However, it is estimated that, nationally, 590 Part V units will be delivered in 2018 and 1,100 in 2019.
