Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 March 2021
393. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units completed during the level 5 lockdown by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13017/21]
View answerThe Government announced that additional public health restrictions would apply under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19 on 6 January 2021. The additional restrictions required all construction activity to cease from 6pm on Friday 8 January, with a number of exceptions. These measures are set out in The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 (as amended). Under the Regulations, certain social housing projects which meet the criteria set out in the Regulations may continue. The Housing Agency is maintaining a register of social housing projects which have been designated as essential.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity. This is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/6d316-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics/. Details of social housing units completed as designated essential projects will be published in the reports for Quarter 1 2021 and Quarter 2 2021 in due course.
