Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2020
376. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units acquired by local authorities in 2018, 2019, and to date in 2020, in tabular form under the standard and enhanced long-term social leasing schemes by county; and the costs associated with each acquisition. [28885/20]
View answerLeasing delivery data for Q1 and Q2 2020 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly. Data in relation to leased dwellings delivered in 2018 and 2019, broken down by local authority, is published on my Department's website at the following link:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision
My Department does not publish details of individual homes; however, the average annual cost of standard and enhanced leases, delivered by each local authority for 2018 and 2019, are set out in the following table. The average cost is calculated based on claims for operational new units submitted by local authorities and recorded on my Department’s Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme financial management system at end September 2020.
Average Annual Lease Cost of Leasing Dwellings Delivered 2018 and 2019
|
Local Authority |
Average Annual Cost 2018 |
Average Annual Cost 2019 |
|
Carlow |
€6152 |
€7455 |
|
Cavan |
€5995 |
€7030 |
|
Clare |
€7686 |
€8864 |
|
Cork City |
€12638 |
€13565 |
|
Cork County |
€12144 |
€7300 |
|
DLR |
€18870 |
€26595 |
|
Donegal |
€6459 |
€5659 |
|
Dublin City |
€14744 |
€16081 |
|
Fingal |
€15108 |
€15002 |
|
Galway City |
€13002 |
€10470 |
|
Galway County |
€9936 |
€9543 |
|
Kerry |
€8470 |
€9008 |
|
Kildare |
€10241 |
€11864 |
|
Kilkenny |
€8603 |
€9694 |
|
Laois |
€8438 |
€9264 |
|
Leitrim |
€N/A |
€7200 |
|
Limerick |
€8636 |
€9998 |
|
Longford |
€6242 |
€7346 |
|
Louth |
€12207 |
€10166 |
|
Mayo |
€7547 |
€8189 |
|
Meath |
€10643 |
€12119 |
|
Monaghan |
€6255 |
€6375 |
|
Offaly |
€7916 |
€8143 |
|
Roscommon |
€5342 |
€8190 |
|
Sligo |
€6306 |
€8480 |
|
South Dublin |
€15340 |
€16575 |
|
Tipperary |
€7186 |
€7374 |
|
Waterford |
€6839 |
€7379 |
|
Westmeath |
€8614 |
€9486 |
|
Wexford |
€7049 |
€8299 |
|
Wicklow |
€10539 |
€13368 |
