Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2021
286. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of State expenditure on housing in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the proportion of taxpayer expenditure on housing which is defined as off-balance sheet in each of the years in question and not calculated as part of overall Exchequer debt in both cash terms and as a percentage of the overall expenditure on housing in tabular form. [28011/21]
View answer287. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of expected State expenditure on housing in each of the next five years; and the proportion of taxpayer expenditure which is budgeted to be spent on housing which is defined as off-balance sheet in each of the years in question and not calculated as part of overall Exchequer debt in both cash terms and as a percentage of the overall expenditure on housing, in tabular form. [28012/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together.
The future investment framework for the delivery of housing will be determined as part of the review of the National Development Plan and the development of the new housing strategy, Housing for All, which will be published later this year. Delivering the required supply of homes requires a multi-faceted approach and the agreed investment framework will reflect the various blend of delivery methods and mechanisms required to deliver on the targets set out in the Programme for Government to increase the supply of public, social and affordable homes, including through the delivery of 50,000 new social homes with a focus on new build homes.
Expenditure on the delivery of housing programmes in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and the budget for 2021 is set out in the table below.
|
2014 €m |
2015 €m |
2016 €m |
2017 €m |
2018 €m |
2019 €m |
2020 €m |
2021 Budget €m |
|
2014 €m |
2015 €m |
2016 €m |
2017 €m |
2018 €m |
2019 €m |
2020 €m |
2021 Budget €m |
|
585 |
762 |
943 |
1,408 |
2,061 |
2,439 |
2,632 |
3,306 |
Social housing is provided through a range of Exchequer funded programmes, including programmes to deliver new social homes through the Build, Acquisition and Leasing delivery mechanisms. The Central Statistics Office is responsible for Government financial statistics, including the reporting of the General Government Balance. However, I understand that the capital cost of delivering social homes under both certain leasing programmes and Social Housing Public Private Partnerships are currently considered 'off balance sheet'.
