Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 January 2023
97. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new-build social homes that were delivered in 2022 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3719/23]
View answerHousing 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.
Local authorities were provided with multi-annual social housing targets for the period 2022-2026. Mayo County Council had a target to deliver 90 social homes in 2022. Under Housing for All, all local authorities were details to develop Housing Delivery Action Plans to include details of social housing delivery for the period 2022-2026 Mayo County Council has published their action plan on their website and this outlines an ambitious social housing delivery programme in line with targets I have issued to the Council.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. Data for Quarter 4 is currently being collated so I do not have full details on Mayo delivery for 2022. I expect to that this data will be finalised and published in the coming weeks. The most recent Construction Status Report shows that at the end of Quarter 3 there were 120 social homes under construction in Mayo, across nine different schemes, and a further 224 homes across 19 schemes at various stages of the design and pre-tender stages.
