Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 February 2018
627. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1771 of 16 January 2018, the specific number of new builds finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5791/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra628. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1772 of 16 January 2018, the specific number of new builds finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5792/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra629. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1797 of 16 January 2018, the number of houses in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5793/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 627 to 629, inclusive, together.
Through the supports made available from my Department under Rebuilding Ireland, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects, the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments and through working with approved housing bodies under a range of delivery options.
Provisional details on social housing delivery in 2017 were published on 15 January 2018 and are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/ri_report_housing_completions_2017.pdf.
Page 2 of the report shows that 2,245 social homes are estimated to have been delivered through the build programmes encompassing local authority and approved housing body construction and new social homes built through the Part V mechanism. This is further broken down as follows:
Housing
|
Local authorities new build |
1,058 |
|
Approved Housing Bodies new build |
799 |
|
Home delivered through Part V arrangements |
388 |
A breakdown of these numbers across all local authority areas for 2017 will be published on my Department's website following completion of the necessary validation process which is currently under way. In the meantime, validated data in respect of delivery up to the end of quarter 3 of 2017 is published and available at the following link on my Department's website: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.
Regarding the number of houses that are owned by local authorities, this information is published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC), in their annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the total number of dwellings in each local authority area. The most recent NOAC report containing this information is available at the following link: http://noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-PI-Report.pdf. Table 2 on page 25 shows almost 130,000 homes provided directly by the local authorities and the information therein includes a breakdown across each local authority.
