Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 May 2022
120. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing starts and completions by approved housing body for counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [23728/22]
View answer121. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing starts and completions by local authority for counties Westmeath and Longford, respectively, in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [23729/22]
View answer129. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new acquisitions in counties Westmeath and Longford in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [23738/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 120, 121 and 129 together.
Housing for All, is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes by 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity, including details by individual local authority, approved housing body delivery and acquisitions. This data is available to the end of 2021, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.
The Breakdown of Social Housing Activity by Local Authority provides detail on local authority and Approved Housing Body social housing construction and acquisitions. Data for 2020 data is available at the following link: assets.gov.ie/126033/0b870a09-0fe1-4877-9a57-cfa06f7779e5.xlsx. The 2021 data are available at: assets.gov.ie/206447/c30e859a-04d2-4051-8909-9f7b60a60405.xlsx.
My Department also published the Quarter 4 2021 Social Housing Construction Status Report, which provides details of all social housing developments, which are under construction, have been completed or are at various stages of the design and pre-tender process in each local authority, including Westmeath and Longford, at the end of 2021. The report is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/af746-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q4-2021/.
A version of this file can also be downloaded at the following link: opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2021.
In relation to broader housing supply, there is a strong supply pipeline, with Commencement Notices data showing a total number of 30,724 residential dwellings commenced in 2021. The breakdown, by local authority area, is available on my Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/a5cb1-construction-activity-starts/.
Data in relation to new dwelling completions by local authority area is published by the Central Statistics Office on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via the following link: www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ndc/newdwellingcompletionsq42021/.
