Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
237. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a housing scheme for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/23]
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 by 2030. 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.
A key action of Housing for All required local authorities to develop Housing Delivery Action Plans to include details of social and affordable housing delivery. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. A copy of Kerry County Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan is available on its website at the following link: www.kerrycoco.ie/housing-delivery-programme/.
My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments and their location that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for Quarter 2 2023. A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis of completions, locations, approvals stage and so on, at www.data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q2-2023.
