Regeneration Projects

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 April 2024

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Questions (77)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

77. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the local authority housing regeneration schemes his Department is working on with various city and county councils; the number of homes involved; what bedroom size; when the initial date was for the start of each such scheme; the current stage in the process; the likely completion date; the final expected home size; the number of homes, rental, affordable rental, and affordable purchase intended for each of these public sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15699/24]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The National Regeneration Programme targets the country’s most disadvantaged communities; those defined by the most extreme social exclusion, unemployment and anti-social behaviour. My Department supports an ambitious programme of regeneration projects which seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these estates through a holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration.

My Department currently supports a programme of large-scale regeneration projects in Dublin, Cork and Limerick and smaller projects in Tralee, Sligo and Dundalk. These projects seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these communities through a holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration.

My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of the information collected in relation to social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of design and tender processes.

The full set of published CSRs, can be found on my Department's website at the following link:

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

Further to the above, four large scale Mixed Tenure projects, which seek to regenerate the relevant areas, are currently underway in Dublin:

Project	Social Housing units	Cost Rental units	Affordable Purchase units	Private Developer units	Total no. of units	Current stage of process	Expected completion date
Oscar Traynor Road	343	340	170	0	853	Implementation - onsite	Phased from 2025
O’Devaney Gardens	280	264	233	267	1044	Implementation - onsite	2027
Emmet Road	137	441	0	0	578	Approval in principle issued	*
Donore Project (St. Teresa’s Gardens)	154	389	0	0	543	Approval in principle issued	*

*Completion programmes to be determined as the projects move through the tender process

The timing of completion and tenanting of homes is a matter for each local authority.