Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2023
437. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what plans there are for the construction of social and affordable housing in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/23]
View answerMy Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data 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/. This provides information for a number of categories of social housing delivery in terms of the various delivery streams and also contains the targets for each local authority during each year of the programme.
With 2022 representing the first full year of delivery under the schemes introduced under the Affordable Housing Act 2021, my Department also publishes progress updates on Affordable Housing Delivery, based on local authority returns, in a similar manner as for social housing. The 2022 progress report on affordable housing provision across all delivery streams has been published on the Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery.
In addition, Limerick City and County Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan, which sets out details of social and affordable housing delivery in the period 2022-2026, is available on the Council’s website at www.limerick.ie/council/services/housing/housing-delivery/housing-delivery-action-plan.
The Council has a social housing delivery target of 2,693 units over the period 2022 to 2026. The Action Plan will be subject to ongoing review to ensure that it reflects changing social housing pipelines and needs as they arise.
