Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2015
506. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Dublin Social Housing Delivery Taskforce (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9893/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraSocial housing is a key priority for the Government, evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015. Accordingly, the Social Housing Strategy 2020, published in November 2014, sets ambitious targets for supply and reform of the sector. Given the scale of the challenge in the Dublin area, a key early action of the Strategy was the establishment of a Dublin Social Housing Delivery Task Force (DSHDT), to oversee and drive the Strategy’s implementation across the four Dublin local authorities. The Strategy is available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,39622,en.pdf.
An important early action for the DSHDT under the Strategy is Action 4 which involves the agreement of targets for the delivery of social housing units in the four Dublin local authority areas for 2015, and in subsequent years. This work is well underway and is due to conclude in the coming weeks, in line with the quarter 1 2015 timeline set out in the Strategy, as part of the overall national target-setting process.
Full details regarding the task force’s role and its terms of reference are set out at paragraph 4.3 of the Strategy. Membership of the task force is set out in the table below:
|
Mr Daniel McLoughlin (Chair) |
Chief Executive |
South Dublin County Council |
|
Mr Owen Keegan |
Chief Executive |
Dublin City Council |
|
Mr Paul Reid |
Chief Executive |
Fingal County Council |
|
Ms Philomena Poole |
Chief Executive |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
|
Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa |
Assistant Secretary, Housing Division |
Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government |
|
Mr John O'Connor |
CEO |
Housing Agency |
|
Mr Donal McManus |
CEO |
Irish Council for Social Housing |
The task force meets on a monthly basis and two meetings have taken place since its establishment. The task force reports directly to the Strategy Oversight Group, which I chair.
