Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
468. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social houses directly built by planning authorities countrywide over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19944/20]
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 will provide the Deputy with detailed breakdown of activity across multiple years up to end Q4 2019.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Q1 2020 returns have been deferred and will be collected in conjunction with Q2 2020 and reported in due course.
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/
