Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2018
675. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an application or applications have been received from Galway City Council for funding under the serviced site initiative; when a decision will issue in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/18]
View answerIn order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public lands, to support the provision of affordable homes to purchase or rent. I envisage a maximum amount of SSF funding of €50,000 per affordable home and on this basis at least 6,200 affordable homes could be facilitated.
A first call for proposals under the Fund issued to eleven local authorities, where the greatest affordability challenge exists: the four Dublin local authorities; Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, Louth, and Galway City; Cork City and Cork County Councils.
On 11 December, I issued approval in principle for ten infrastructure projects across five local authority areas, in Dublin and Cork, under the first SSF call for proposals. This first tranche of funding of €43 million will enable the delivery of 1,400 affordable homes on local authority lands. I expect infrastructure works on these projects to begin as soon as possible and delivery of affordable homes from early 2020 onwards. Details of these projects are set out in the following table.
Another five proposals, the total funding for which is circa €8 million, and which have the potential to deliver some 230 affordable homes, are still under active consideration. This includes a proposal from Galway City Council for their site at Bóthar an Choiste. My Department is working with the City Council to advance the project, and is committed to progressing both the infrastructure and affordable housing delivery on this site, as a priority.
List of projects that have received approval in principle under the SSF first call for proposals
|
Local Authority |
Project/Location |
Total Provisional Cost of Proposal€ |
Provisional Exchequer Grant Amount € |
Provisional Local Authority Contribution€ |
Affordable Housing Potential |
|
Cork County |
Glanmire |
€1,500,000 |
€1,335,000 |
€165,000 |
20 |
|
Cork City |
Boherboy Road |
€4,968,366 |
€4,421,846 |
€546,520 |
103 |
|
Cork City |
Kilmore Road, Churchfield |
€1,410,551 |
€1,255,390 |
€155,160 |
21 |
|
Dublin City |
Cherry Orchard |
€7,645,415 |
€6,804,419 |
€840,996 |
183 |
|
Dublin City |
Balbutcher, Ballymun |
€4,135,351 |
€3,680,462 |
€454,889 |
74 |
|
Dublin City |
Sillogue, Ballymun |
€3,975,000 |
€3,537,750 |
€437,250 |
83 |
|
DLR |
Enniskerry Road |
€4,537,576 |
€4,038,443 |
€499,133 |
50 |
|
Fingal |
Church Fields, Mulhuddart |
€11,000,000 |
€9,790,000 |
€1,210,000 |
753 |
|
Fingal |
Dun Emer, Lusk |
€1,500,000 |
€1,335,000 |
€165,000 |
74 |
|
Fingal |
Hackettstown, Skerries |
€2,198,667 |
€1,956,814 |
€241,853 |
49 |
|
Total |
€42,870,926 |
€38,155,124 |
€4,715,801 |
1410 |
