Housing Provision

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Questions (508)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

508. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes that have been delivered through the single-stage approval process, broken down by year and local authority, for each year since 2019; and the number of new social homes that are currently in the pipeline availing of the single-stage approval process, with a breakdown by local authority, in tabular form. [63747/22]

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Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The relevant details are being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

When first introduced in 2018, the Single-Stage Approval process applied to social housing projects up to the value of €2m. In September 2020, I increased the value for eligible projects to €6m giving local authorities greater autonomy in constructing social housing. In order to foster a greater use of this process, my Department continues to monitor its use and engage with local authorities when this approach could be used but is not being availed of.

The number of social homes that have been delivered through the single-stage approval process, broken down by local authority for each year since 2019, including those in the pipeline, is set out in the table below.

It should be noted that projects listed as 'in the pipeline', include projects likely to have completed in 2022, as data on completions for that year is currently being finalised.

Local Authority	2019	2020	2021	In Pipeline
Local Authority	2019	2020	2021	In Pipeline
Carlow	12	8	0	24
Cavan	0	0	0	0
Clare	0	4	4	0
Cork City	0	0	0	0
Cork County	3	10	2	14
DLR	0	0	0	2
Donegal	8	0	0	5
Dublin City	0	0	0	2
Fingal	0	0	0	13
Galway City	0	0	0	0
Galway County	0	0	0	5
Kerry	6	0	0	3
Kildare	0	0	0	4
Kilkenny	0	4	6	9
Laois	1	8	0	1
Leitrim	0	0	0	6
Limerick	0	0	0	0
Longford	0	0	0	6
Louth	0	0	0	9
Mayo	12	0	12	16
Meath	3	0	0	0
Monaghan	0	0	6	0
Offaly	0	0	0	0
Roscommon	0	0	0	2
Sligo	1	0	0	0
South Dublin	0	0	2	43
Tipperary	0	4	0	0
Waterford	0	0	0	0
Westmeath	0	0	0	0
Wexford	0	0	0	0
Wicklow	0	0	0	10