Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 April 2017
226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 17 January 2017, the details of the 4,698 AHB new build units to be completed under the Rebuilding Ireland plan, showing the number of new build units to be completed by each AHB by 2021, in tabular form. [17034/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraRebuilding Ireland sets out ambitious but achievable targets for social housing delivery across a blend of delivery mechanisms including the Approved Housing Body (AHB) sector, who will be relied upon to deliver significantly not only under the Build category, but also under Acquisitions and Leasing.
It is expected that AHBs will deliver Build units through models such as the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) and the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) and the pipeline of delivery which has been established thus far under these schemes is available on the comprehensive status list of social housing schemes can be accessed at the following link:
http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/social-housing-developments/.
This status report lists the 504 approved social housing construction projects and their locations and contains a range of information relating to their advancement, including those delivered in 2016 and those at the various stages of advancement through planning, design and construction. 191 of these projects, or in excess of 3,000 units, have already been approved and are being actively delivered by AHBs under the CAS and CALF schemes.
Some of these projects will be completed in 2017 and others will commence on site during the year, as well as in subsequent years; the precise timing for the advancement of each of these projects, including completion dates, is a matter for the AHBs concerned in the first instance.
Targets by individual AHB have not been set for the programme; rather the AHBs apply to my Department or the Local Authority as appropriate on a project by project basis depending on the market availability, their capacity and the demand for the relevant units as confirmed by the Local Authority. The following link provides access to the construction status report in a format that may be analysed on an AHB basis:
https://data.gov.ie/dataset/construction-status-report-2016-for-quarter-4
Further project approvals are being added to the published list as they are developed by local authorities and AHBs, details of which will be included in the next quarterly report under Rebuilding Ireland.
I am keen that all local authorities and AHBs advance their social housing projects as speedily as possible and I have assured them that funding is in place to support their activity in this regard.
