Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 July 2020
127. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of private serviced sites on public land provided in each of the past three years to date; the number he expects to progress annually in the future with a view to addressing the severe affordable housing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17917/20]
View answerUnder the Sale of Sites Scheme, a local authority may make housing sites available at low cost. Households who have been approved for social housing or local authority tenants can access this scheme. Tenant purchasers or certain tenants of approved housing bodies can also apply. A total of 95 sites were made available by local authorities in 2017 under this scheme with 48 made available in 2018 and a further 21 up to Q3 2019, the most recent date for which data is available. Further statistics on the Sale of Sites Scheme are available on my Department’s website at: https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.
