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Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2024

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Questions (344, 345)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

344. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the core targets for each local authority in terms of house building; and the number that have been built in each local authority to date. [22472/24]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason core targets for house building are being enforced as caps. [22483/24]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 344 and 345 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 €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.

Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan. This Plan sets 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. The Plans also include details of the locations and delivery streams for social housing schemes. The Housing Delivery Action Plans do not include additional affordable homes that will be delivered by the LDA, AHBs, First Home and via the higher Part V requirements introduced in the Affordable Housing Act 2021. The Plans have been published on local authorities’ own websites.

The following table sets out the social housing new build and long-term lease targets for each local authority.

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 2023 and 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/

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 4 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 by local authority, funding stream etc. at this link: data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2023

In relation to affordable housing, Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030 comprising of 54,000 affordable homes to be delivered by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks.

Local authorities 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 data on affordable housing delivery by tenure and by local authority area during 2022 and 2023 is published on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#affordable-housing-delivery

2022 Build and Long Term Lease

2022 Long Term Lease

2022 Build

2023 Build and Long Term Lease

2023 Long Term Lease

2023 Build

2024 Build and Long Term Lease

2024 Long Term Lease

2024 Build

2025 Build and Long Term Lease 

2025 Long Term Lease

2025 Build

2026 Build 

Carlow

85

5

80

90

0

90

92

0

92

99

0

99

101

Cavan

154

4

150

80

0

80

88

6

82

88

0

88

90

Clare

200

0

200

149

0

149

163

10

153

164

0

164

167

Cork City

644

129

515

625

87

538

623

75

548

592

0

592

601

Cork County

565

5

560

628

6

622

642

6

636

683

0

683

697

DLR

589

139

450

524

160

364

396

24

372

427

27

400

408

Donegal

220

0

220

155

0

155

179

20

159

171

0

171

174

Dublin City

1264

369

895

2417

486

1931

2330

356

1974

2222

100

2122

2165

Fingal

499

139

360

764

74

690

767

62

705

758

0

758

773

Galway City

308

3

305

226

7

219

227

3

224

241

0

241

246

Galway County

241

11

230

351

0

351

366

8

358

393

8

385

393

Kerry

346

31

315

269

8

261

275

8

267

287

0

287

293

Kildare

578

208

370

494

94

400

409

0

409

440

0

440

449

Kilkenny

170

0

170

149

0

149

153

0

153

164

0

164

167

Laois

204

4

200

79

0

79

80

0

80

87

0

87

88

Leitrim

30

0

30

26

0

26

26

0

26

28

0

28

29

Limerick

576

11

565

519

17

502

550

37

513

551

0

551

562

Longford

75

0

75

74

0

74

76

0

76

82

0

82

84

Louth

671

11

660

182

26

156

160

0

160

172

0

172

175

Mayo

112

22

90

151

0

151

194

40

154

166

0

166

169

Meath

413

73

340

323

80

243

249

0

249

267

0

267

273

Monaghan

125

0

125

56

0

56

57

0

57

61

0

61

62

Offaly

192

12

180

67

0

67

76

8

68

73

0

73

75

Roscommon

40

0

40

47

0

47

48

0

48

52

0

52

53

Sligo

45

0

45

111

0

111

135

21

114

122

0

122

125

South Dublin

440

40

400

853

150

703

778

60

718

812

40

772

788

Tipperary

232

2

230

155

0

155

167

9

158

170

0

170

174

Waterford

172

2

170

209

0

209

216

2

214

230

0

230

234

Westmeath

233

13

220

129

5

124

150

24

126

136

0

136

139

Wexford

421

1

420

172

0

172

196

20

176

189

0

189

193

Wicklow

456

66

390

226

0

226

232

1

231

273

25

248

253

Total

10,300

1,300

9,000

10,300

1,200

9,100

10,100

800

9,300

10,200

200

10,000

10,200

Question No. 345 answered with Question No. 344.
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