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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 September 2020

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Questions (94, 95, 97)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Question:

94. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of social housing capital investment programme units by local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2019; the cost of each unit by local authority for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25776/20]

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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Question:

95. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of capital assistance scheme units by local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2019; the cost of each unit by local authority for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25777/20]

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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Question:

97. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of a turnkey social housing unit by local authority from 2015 to 2019; the cost of each unit by local authority for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/20]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 94, 95 and 97 together.

Cost information on the delivery of social homes through the local authority construction and turnkey programmes and through the Capital Assistance Scheme, is collated by my Department at development level rather than at granular or individual housing unit level. Disaggregating such development level information into individual unit costs, across all of the various types of units, would require significant analysis on unit characteristics such as size, type, number of bedrooms, site costs, abnormal costs, fees, etc. to derive an accurate reflection of unit cost.

My Department is working with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a Spending Review of the Social Housing Build programme for the period 2016-2019, a report on which is expected to be published later this year and will be publicly available. As part of this work, the Departments are working to extrapolate unit costs from the raw data provided by the local authorities.

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