Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 May 2023

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Questions (351, 352)

Duncan Smith

Question:

351. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 50 local authority housing units approved for construction in Racecourse Commons, Lusk, Phase 2 in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reason for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21622/23]

Duncan Smith

Question:

352. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 25 local authority housing units approved for construction in Rathbeale Road, Swords, Fingal in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reason for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21623/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 and 352 together.

In 2015, my Department granted Stage 1 Capital Appraisal approval to Fingal County Council for the Rathbeale Road, Swords project and the Racecourse Commons, Lusk project, following which the projects were progressed through the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) 4 Stage Preconstruction process. Both projects are delivered and further details are set out in the following table.

Scheme	Total Units Delivered	Date Completed	Cost
Rathbeale Road, Swords	24	Q2 2020	€6.1m*
Racecourse Commons, Lusk	74	On phased basis over Q4 2017 and Q3 2018	€11.9m

*Fingal County Council has submitted final costs for the project which were assessed by the Department's Technical Advisors. On foot of this assessment, further information has been sought from the Council and on receipt of the outstanding information a final account budget will be determined.

The projects were not officially opened by a Minister.

My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of design and tender processes. The CSR for Q3 2018 and Q2 2020 can be found on my Department’s website at the following links:

opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2018/resource/88ae3bd8-b566-44e3-a4c4-be29ae889785

data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q2-2020

The full set of published CSR reports can be found at this link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/

Question No. 352 answered with Question No. 351.

Question No. 353 answered with Question No. 350.