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Social and Affordable Housing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Questions (1072)

Duncan Smith

Question:

1072. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of sites under the private partnership programme bundle 3; the status of the houses; the expected delivery time of the sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11129/20]

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The Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme was designed to deliver up to 1,500 social housing homes in total, via three bundles. Bundles 1 and 2 are currently under construction and the first homes under Bundle 1 will be completed this month on sites in Craddockstown, Naas in County Kildare and Dunleer in County Louth.

Preparation work has recently commenced on the third bundle of sites in the programme. A number of locations were proposed by local authorities on foot of a request seeking nominations of sites for consideration as part of the third bundle. Following examination and evaluation of the sites proposed, initial approval in principle was communicated to the successful local authorities in October 2019, subject to final due diligence that has recently been completed. Three sites were selected in the Dublin City Council local authority area, and one each in Kildare, Sligo, and Wicklow.

The following table sets out the indicative number of homes that will be provided at each of these locations pending the design and planning phases, with the total number of homes across the whole bundle expected to be in the region of 440.

Site (Local Authority)

Indicative Number of Homes (pending design and planning)

Ready Mix Site, East Wall, Dublin 3 (Dublin City)

65

Shangan Road, Ballymum, Dublin 9 (Dublin City)

100 (Senior Citizen Units)

Collins Avenue, Dublin 9 (Dublin City)

90

Ardew, Athy (Kildare)

60

Rathellen, Finisklin (Sligo)

50

Blessington (Wicklow)

76

Total

c.441

Following the selection of sites, the Project Board for Bundle 3 has recently been established.  This comprises representatives of my Department as sanctioning authority, the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), in its role as procuring authority and financial advisor, and Dublin City Council as lead local authority and sponsoring agency and the representative of the relevant local authorities. In addition, the tender process for technical advisors for the project, who will assist in the design and planning of each site, has recently commenced. It is planned that tenders for the PPP contract for the full project will be invited in 2021.

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