Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2017
232. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the location of the 5,280 homes built, refurbished or acquired under Pillar 2 of the Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6837/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Government has set out ambitious targets for the delivery of social housing supports over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland. Last year, over 18,300 social housing supports were provided across a range of delivery programmes. Within this, preliminary data shows that around 5,280 new social houses were either purchased, leased, remediated or built by local authorities and approved housing bodies across the country using a range of funding mechanisms and delivery programmes.
The information on social housing delivery referenced above is provisional and full year statistics are collated by my Department based on returns from all the local authorities. These are published as part of a wide range of statistical information on housing, which is available on the Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision. The information on the website is up to date as of the end of quarter 3 of 2016; information for the full year of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.
