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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Questions (729, 791, 792)

Cian O'Callaghan

Question:

729. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Part V social homes delivered by each local authority in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19224/21]

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Cian O'Callaghan

Question:

791. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units classified as turnkey units in each of the years 2017 to 2020 that were delivered as Part V units by year and local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20186/21]

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Cian O'Callaghan

Question:

792. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of turnkey acquisitions by approved housing bodies and local authorities in each of the years 2017 to 2020 that were refurbishments, repairs or conversions of existing buildings and structures by year and local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/21]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 729, 791 and 792 together.

Turnkey social homes are generally new homes built by developers under contract for local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). Turnkeys commonly provide a faster delivery of units (in the majority of cases, planning permission is already secured). In many instances, turnkey delivery has provided a means of delivery in locations where there is a social housing need but where a local authority has no suitable sites. Turnkeys purchased by local authorities or AHBs frequently have arisen where the developer has difficulty in financing the development and without the agreement to purchase by the local authority or the AHB, the scheme would not otherwise have been delivered. These homes are directly expanding overall housing supply because they are new homes built for the local authority or AHBs.

My Department published the Quarter 4 2020 Social Housing Construction Status Report, which provides details of all social housing developments, which have been completed or are under construction in each local authority. The report is available at the following link: https://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-obrien-publishes-2020-social-housing-statistics/.

A version of this file can be downloaded at the following link and used for various analysis in terms of programme, stage of activity, location, quarter of completion, number of homes, etc. https://data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2020

Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, requires that every planning permission to which the Part applies contains a condition that a Part V agreement be entered into between the developer and the planning authority for the transfer of land or units to the planning authority for the provision of social and affordable housing. When submitting a planning application, developers must specify how they intend to comply with these obligations. The homes delivered under Part V, following the introduction of changes to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, effected through the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the relevant sections of which were commenced with effect from 1 September 2015), the range of options available through which Part V obligations might be satisfied was reduced. In particular, the payment of cash in lieu of homes or the transfer of sites or parts of sites was removed, and instead the remaining options are focused on the delivery of completed homes.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data is available to the end of 2020, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/?referrer=http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.

Details of the number of homes delivered through Part V in each local authority are available at the following link: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/fd048-affordable-housing-and-part-v-statistics/#part-v-scheme.

My Department does not hold any details in relation to turnkeys delivered through refurbishments or repairs of existing buildings.

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