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Local Authority Housing Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Questions (1193)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

1193. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of direct build local authority housing starts scheduled for 2019 with particular reference to those local authorities with long housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1730/19]

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All local authorities are being funded to significantly increase their delivery of social housing as part of Rebuilding Ireland and a strong social housing construction pipeline is in place for local authorities and AHBs.

A detailed breakdown of the construction programme of new social housing build is set out in the Social Housing Construction Status Report which is published on a quarterly basis. These reports provide information on the construction programme underway for each local authority area. The report covering the period up to end Quarter 3 of 2018 is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-quarter-3-social-housing-construction-report/. The report reflects an increase in the scale of the social housing build programme, with 1,173 schemes (or phases of schemes) in place, delivering 17,536 homes. Of this total, 4,173 units have already been delivered during 2016, 2017 and up to Q3 2018, while a further 4,933 are on site and under construction.

Some 2,700 homes are at the final pre-construction stage of preparation and the remainder are progressing through the various stages of planning, design and procurement. These schemes and those already on site will form the bulk of the housing starts and delivery over the course of 2019, although further projects will continue to be added to the pipeline on an ongoing basis. The aim is to deliver over 6,200 new build social homes nationally in 2019. Specifically, local authorities will contract the delivery of over 3,000 of these newly constructed social homes, while around 600 more are expected to be added to the stock of local authorities via Part V new construction.

The delivery of new local authority housing remains the largest element of the Rebuilding Ireland social housing programme and I am pleased to see the progress being made in this area, as well as in projects that AHBs are implementing in partnership with the local authorities. I am keen that all local authorities further accelerate their programmes and I have assured them that the necessary funding is available to support their work in this regard.

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