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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 October 2019

Thursday, 10 October 2019

Questions (275)

Darragh O'Brien

Question:

275. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €70 million rolling Housing Agency fund by county; the number of units delivered per annum since its inception to date by county; the average cost for each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41554/19]

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Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme.  A revolving  Acquisitions Fund of €70m has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 homes over the period to 2021, for onward  sale to Approved Housing Bodies for use for social housing purposes.

The following table sets out the number of homes acquired and under Caretaker Lease and the average costs per county per annum from 2017 to end Q2 2019.

Local Authority

Number of Homes

Average Purchase Price

Total to Date

Carlow

 

 

 

2018

1

€135,000

 

2019

5

€161,120

 

Total

6

€156,767

€940,600

 

 

 

 

Cavan

 

 

 

2018

4

€106,813

 

2019

1

€125,000

 

Total

5

€110,450

€552,250

 

 

 

 

Clare

 

 

 

2018

4

€112,500

 

2019

1

€170,000

 

Total

5

€124,000

€620,000

 

 

 

 

Cork CITY

 

 

 

2018

7

€185,971

 

Total

7

€185,971

€1,301,800

 

 

 

 

Cork COUNTY

 

 

 

2018

32

€175,816

 

2019

33

€158,503

 

Total

65

€167,026

€10,856,700

 

 

 

 

Donegal

 

 

 

2017

1

€85,000

 

2018

7

€82,000

 

2019

1

€135,000

 

Total

9

€88,222

€794,000

 

 

 

 

Dublin City

 

 

 

2017

5

€252,600

 

2018

97

€257,259

 

2019

12

€291,334

 

Total

114

€260,642

€29,713,144

 

 

 

 

Dun Laoghaire

 

 

 

2018

8

€272,938

 

2019

5

€272,800

 

Total

13

€272,885

€3,547,500

 

 

 

 

Fingal

 

 

 

2017

1

€165,000

 

2018

79

€199,849

 

2019

6

€255,876

 

Total

86

€203,352

€17,488,305

 

 

 

 

Galway CITY

 

 

 

2017

1

€131,000

 

2018

4

€242,500

 

2019

1

€213,582

 

Total

6

€219,097

€1,314,582

 

 

 

 

Galway COUNTY

 

 

 

2017

1

€120,000

 

2018

17

€162,794

 

2019

3

€135,667

 

Total

21

€156,881

€3,294,500

 

 

 

 

Kerry

 

 

 

2017

9

€190,000

 

2018

4

€105,750

 

2019

2

€167,500

 

Total

15

€164533

€2,468,000

 

 

 

 

Kildare

 

 

 

2017

7

€272,500

 

2018

36

€204,729

 

2019

9

€176,289

 

Total

52

€208,930

€10,864,350

 

 

 

 

Kilkenny

 

 

 

2018

5

€120,700

 

2019

2

€127,867

 

Total

7

€122,748

€859,233

 

 

 

 

Laois

 

 

 

2017

1

€165,000

 

2018

19

€149,579

 

Total

20

€150,350

€3,007,000

 

 

 

 

Leitrim

 

 

 

2018

3

€86,667

 

2019

1

€94,500

 

Total

4

€88,625

€354,500

 

 

 

 

Limerick

 

 

 

2018

9

€144,000

 

2019

2

€217,500

 

Total

11

€157,364

€1,731,000

 

 

 

 

Longford

 

 

 

2018

3

€119,000

 

2019

2

€116,000

 

Total

5

€117,800

€589,000

 

 

 

 

Louth

 

 

 

2018

7

€159,429

 

2019

3

€170,000

 

Total

10

€162,600

€1,626,000

 

 

 

 

Mayo

 

 

 

2018

2

€125,000

 

2019

1

€91,963

 

Total

3

€113,988

€341,963

 

 

 

 

Meath

 

 

 

2017

3

€168,333

 

2018

14

€179,071

 

2019

9

€202,003

 

Total

26

€185,770

€4,830,030

 

 

 

 

Monaghan

 

 

 

2018

3

€133,333

 

Total

3

€133,333

€400,000

 

 

 

 

Offaly

 

 

 

2018

8

€127,500

 

2019

3

€130,667

 

Total

11

€128,364

€1,412,000

 

 

 

 

Roscommon

 

 

 

2018

1

€115,000

 

Total

1

€115,000

€115,000

 

 

 

 

Sligo

 

 

 

2018

1

€110,000

 

Total

1

€110,000

€110,000

 

 

 

 

South Dublin

 

 

 

2017

5

€190,000

 

2018

36

€202,083

 

2019

12

€225,800

 

Total

53

€206,313

€10,934,600

 

 

 

 

Tipperary

 

 

 

2018

29

€107,082

 

2019

8

€105,000

 

Total

37

€106,632

€3,945,375

 

 

 

 

Waterford

 

 

 

2018

14

€126,714

 

2019

1

€76,684

 

Total

15

€123,379

€1,850,684

 

 

 

 

Westmeath

 

 

 

2017

1

€95,000

 

2018

7

€150,436

 

2019

2

€144,000

 

Total

10

€143,605

€1,436,050

 

 

 

 

Wexford

 

 

 

2017

1

€60,000

 

2018

11

€116,909

 

2019

1

€126,000

 

Total

13

€113,231

€1,472,000

 

 

 

 

Wicklow

 

 

 

2018

9

€267,019

 

2019

2

€241,600

 

Total

11

€262,397

€2,886,370

 

 

 

 

Grand Total

645

€188,615

€121,656,536 

 

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