Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020
894. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new houses built in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of these that were social, affordable and private; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12243/20]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity under Rebuilding Ireland. This is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision
This data provides a breakdown of social housing delivery across the range of mechanisms referred to. In addition to the statistical overview of activity in each local authority, a detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published which provides scheme level detail on new build activity under Rebuilding Ireland. The most recent publication covers the period up to the end of Q4 2019 and was published on 14 May 2020. This report is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link:
https://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-for-q4-2019-2/
Social housing delivery data to date in 2020 is not currently available.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical office, compiles and makes available detailed data on a number of housing related issues including housing completions.
Data on new dwelling completions for 2018 can be found on the CSO website at the following link:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ndc/newdwellingcompletionsq42018/
Data on new dwelling completions for 2019 can be found on the CSO website at the following link:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ndc/newdwellingcompletionsq42019/ .
Data on new dwelling completions for Q1 2020 can be found on the CSO website at the following link:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ndc/newdwellingcompletionsq12020/
The table below sets out the total new dwellings as reported by the CSO and social housing delivery reported by my Department.
|
Year |
CSO New Dwellings |
DHPLG Social Housing Build |
|
2018 |
17,952 |
4,811 |
|
2019 |
21,241 |
6,047 |
|
2020 (Q1) |
4,986 |
N/A |
In relation to affordable homes, increasing the supply of new homes at affordable prices is a key pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. The delivery of such homes is being supported through a number of mechanisms including the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF), Serviced Site Fund, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan and the Help to Buy Scheme. Data in respect of this subset of the overall housing delivery provided above for 2018, 2019 and 2020 is not available.
