Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 October 2007
123 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses built by the various local authorities in each of the past five years excluding those provided by voluntary housing organisations; the number of three bedroom or family homes included; his intentions for the public housing programme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraData in relation to local authority social housing output, including new-build homes, in each of the past five years is set out in the table below:
|
Year |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
Completions1 |
4,403 |
4,516 |
3,539 |
4,209 |
3,968 |
|
Acquisitions |
671 |
456 |
971 |
918 |
1,153 |
|
Total Output |
5,074 |
4,972 |
4,510 |
5,127 |
5,121 |
1Includes newly-built homes acquired under Part V agreements.
Output details for individual City and County Councils for the years 2002 to 2006 are provided in my Department's Annual Housing Statistics Bulletin 2006 which is available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie. My Department does not collate statistical information in relation to the size of houses provided under the social housing programmes.
The Government's commitment to an ambitious social housing programme in the years ahead is evident in the Programme for Government and in the housing policy statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities published in 2007. Under the National Development Plan 2007-2013 (NDP), some €18 billion has been earmarked for housing programmes to meet the accommodation needs of some 140,000 households over the period of the plan, including the delivery of an ambitious programme to deliver 60,000 new units of social housing. Under the social partnership agreement, Towards 2016, 27,000 of these are to be delivered over the three years 2007 to 2009.
Significant progress is already being made in expanding the social housing programme to meet these targets. A total of 3,167 homes were completed or acquired by local authorities and the voluntary and co-operative housing sector in the period 1 January to 30 June 2007, representing an increase of 33% on the same period of 2006. In addition, a further 450 new units were acquired under the Rental Accommodation Scheme.
