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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 December 2022

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Questions (232)

Noel Grealish

Question:

232. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable and social houses that are due to be completed within the next two years, by local authority; the number of affordable and social houses completed in the past two years, by each local authority area; the number of affordable and social houses for which planning permission is currently sought; the projected dates of completion, by each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60102/22]

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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, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. 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; 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026.

The below table sets out the targets under Housing for All for the next two years by local authority.

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Target 2023 Build & Lease

Target 2023 Lease

Target 2023 Build

Target 2024 Build & Lease

Target 2024 Lease

Target 2024 Build

Carlow

90

90

92

92

Cavan

80

80

82

82

Clare

149

149

153

153

Cork County

622

622

636

636

Cork City

607

71

536

598

50

548

Donegal

155

155

159

159

Dublin City

2406

475

1931

2384

410

1974

DLR

403

39

364

472

100

372

Fingal

850

160

690

825

120

705

Galway County

351

351

358

358

Galway City

219

219

224

224

Kerry

261

261

267

267

Kildare

486

86

400

409

409

Kilkenny

149

149

153

153

Laois

79

79

80

80

Leitrim

26

26

26

26

Limerick

502

502

513

513

Longford

74

74

76

76

Louth

156

156

160

160

Mayo

151

151

154

154

Meath

323

80

243

249

249

Monaghan

56

56

57

57

Offaly

67

67

68

68

Roscommon

47

47

48

48

Sligo

111

111

114

114

South Dublin

793

90

703

838

120

718

Tipperary

155

155

158

158

Waterford

255

46

209

214

214

Westmeath

124

124

126

126

Wexford

172

172

176

176

Wicklow

379

153

226

231

231

Total

10,300

1,200

9,100

10,100

800

9,300

A key action of Housing for All is that local authorities developed and submitted Housing Delivery Action Plans. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022 - 2026. All local authorities submitted their Housing Delivery Action Plans to me in December and my Department has worked closely with the local authorities to review and finalise the Plans, having regard to the targets and policy objectives set out in Housing for All. The Plans have been published by each local authority on their own website.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities. This data is available until the end of Quarter 2 2022 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/.

My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments which have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and pre-tender process. The most recent publication was for Q2 2022. The report is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/5a259-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q2-2022/.

This year represents the first year of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable housing and significant funding has been secured and is being made available to support delivery of affordable housing for purchase or for cost rental through the various delivery streams.

Local authorities have begun collating information on the delivery of affordable homes in their area in the same manner as is currently undertaken for social housing. It is intended that information on delivery across all delivery streams will be coordinated by my Department and I expect that my Department will be in a position to commence reporting on affordable delivery figures in national quarterly delivery statistics before year-end.

My Department does not collate information on the number of planning permissions being sought in relation to social and affordable housing developments. This information may be available from individual local authorities.

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