Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
746. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes delivered in 2023; and the breakdown in terms of cost rental, social, affordable, build to rent apartments and private homes. [56605/23]
View answer823. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social, affordable and private units built over the past five years, by local authority area under headings (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1476/24]
View answer824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing units that have been built by each local authority in the past five years; the number of local authority housing units bought by each local authority in the past five years; the number of local authority housing units leased by each local authority in each of the past five years; and the number of local authority housing units provided under any other supply mechanism in the past five years. [1538/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 746, 823 and 824 together.
Housing 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 €12 billion in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5 billion in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5 billion funding through the Housing Finance Agency.
Data in relation to new dwelling completions is published by the CSO on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via the following link: www.cso.ie/en/statistics/buildingandconstruction/newdwellingcompletions/
My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. This data is available to the end of Q3 2023, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: gov.ie - Overall social and affordable housing provision (www.gov.ie)
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 3 2023. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/
A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis of completions, locations, approvals stage etc. at this link: https://data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2023
Local authorities also complete and submit data returns to my Department on delivery of affordable homes in their area in the same manner as is done for social housing. Statistical reports detailing affordable housing delivery during 2022 and for the first three quarters of 2023 are available on my Department's website at the following link - www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery
My Department does not capture data on the quantum of build-to-rent apartments delivered, or the breakdown of non-public housing delivery between private rental and private ownership. My Department also does not capture data on institutional investment in the housing market.
