Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 May 2022
50. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the details of funded housing programmes including social housing, affordable purchase housing, cost rental housing, private sector activation schemes broken down by scheme, funding allocation, funding drawdown, delivery targets and actually delivery in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [26869/22]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity, including details by individual local authority. This data, including high level delivery targets, 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/publication/6d316-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics/?referrer=http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics
The details of funding allocations for each Housing Subhead are outlined annually in the Revised Estimates Volumes (REVs). The REVs for each year 2016 – 2021 are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/e20037-revised-estimates/?referrer=/en/rev/
In addition, further details in respect of individual Housing programmes are also contained in the annual Budgetary Expenditure Reports which are available as part of the Budgetary information at the links below:
2016: www.gov.ie/en/collection/38a07-budget-2016/
2017: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6f94c-budget-2017/
2018: www.gov.ie/en/collection/51d1c-budget-2018/
2109: www.gov.ie/en/collection/df7d1-budget-2019/
2020: www.gov.ie/en/collection/b4c8d-budget-2020/
2021: www.gov.ie/en/collection/4e0ff-budget-2021/
The breakdown of Housing expenditure for each year over the period 2016 – 2021 is set out in the table below.
|
Delivery Streams |
2016 Expenditure |
2017 Expenditure |
2018 Expenditure |
2019 Expenditure |
2020 Expenditure |
2021 Expenditure |
|
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
Build |
172.89 |
337.24 |
744.92 |
835.98 |
1,031.62 |
1,075.29 |
|
Acquisition |
233.38 |
377.49 |
417.51 |
495.97 |
280.5 |
327.51 |
|
Lease |
55.82 |
87.27 |
106.4 |
149.87 |
206.5 |
287.49 |
|
Total Build, Acquisition & Lease |
462.09 |
802 |
1,268.83 |
1,481.82 |
1,518.62 |
1,690.29 |
|
RAS |
130.99 |
142.84 |
143.34 |
134.29 |
132.96 |
122 |
|
HAP |
57.7 |
152.69 |
276.6 |
382.41 |
464.65 |
541.69 |
|
Homelessness |
88.68 |
109.24 |
139 |
165 |
270.9 |
223.5 |
|
Other Capital Programmes |
133.77 |
118.28 |
140.64 |
180.19 |
147.3 |
171.45 |
|
Other Current Programmes |
69.74 |
83.44 |
92.48 |
95.78 |
97.3 |
105.68 |
|
TOTAL |
942.97 |
1,408.49 |
2,060.89 |
2,439.49 |
2,631.70 |
2,854.61 |
In relation to housing activation schemes, funding of almost €200 million was approved in principle under the Serviced Sites Fund in support of 40 infrastructure projects in 14 local authority areas, to assist in the delivery of almost 4,200 affordable homes. The Affordable Housing Funding (AHF) scheme, has now replaced the Serviced Sites Fund and local authorities were advised of this by Circular in June 2021.
The changes introduced by the AHF include expanding the scope of costs covered to subvent the all-in development cost of delivering the housing, which may include land purchase costs; taking applications as they are developed on a rolling basis as opposed to time constrained funding calls; and, allowing funding support to now exceed the current maximum of €50,000 per affordable dwelling on a stepped scale to €100,000, based on location and density.
To clarify the position in respect of SSF commitments, the Department wrote to the 13 local authorities with approved SSF projects in respect of the 36 SSF projects approved in principle asking them to identify their intended course of action in respect of existing SSF project including information on:
- if they wish to continue with the Serviced Sites Fund approval in place, to set out key revised deliverables, timelines and projected milestone dates for the projects; or
- their intention to re-apply under the Affordable Housing Fund which will be assessed under new eligibility criteria.
A breakdown of the projects is set out below:
- 14 projects will remain with SSF: and one has been completed (Enniskerry Road); two are under construction (Dun Emer, Lusk and Boherboy Road, Cork), and the remaining 11 commencing construction in 2022 and 2023;
- 21 projects will move to AHF. Applications in respect of nine of these projects have been received; and
- Five projects have withdrawn from the SSF process completely.
In relation to cost rental, the table below sets out a breakdown of funding, expenditure and delivery.
|
Scheme |
2021 Allocation* |
2021 Drawdown |
2021 Target |
2021 Delivery |
|
CREL |
€35m |
€9,252,854 |
350 |
65 |
*Several projects approved under the CREL 2021 call have completed and/or will draw down funding in 2022.
