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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Ceisteanna (59, 90)

Mick Barry

Ceist:

59. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new local authority builds here in 2018. [1457/19]

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Darragh O'Brien

Ceist:

90. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the output of social housing new build in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1315/19]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 90 together.

Over the course of the 6-year Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the Government is committed to meeting the housing needs of over 137,000 households. The implementation of Rebuilding Ireland is well underway and making significant progress. Annual delivery targets were exceeded in 2016 and again in 2017. By end September 2018, over 63,700 additional social housing solutions had already been provided under the plan.

The latest data in relation to social housing delivery sets out the position at end Q3 2018 and is published on my Department's website. This shows that some 18,781 additional housing solutions had been provided across all local authorities in the first nine months of 2018. This represents 74% of the overall target for 2018 and an increase of 6,423 on the position at end Q2.

In terms of build activity, 2,369 social housing homes, or 48% of the target for 2018, were delivered in the first 9 months of the year. Excluding voids, 1,764 new build homes were delivered at end Q3 2018, comprising 833 local authority build, 582 Approved Housing Body build and 349 Part V homes.

Data in relation to Q4 2018 is currently being compiled and will be published shortly. I am satisfied that the overall national social housing target of delivering approximately 25,500 social housing solutions in 2018 will be met and that, within that, a strong performance on new build delivery will have been achieved.

The picture will, of course, vary from one local authority area to another, in terms of what was achieved. Last January, I committed to publishing individual targets for housing delivery in each Local Authority area in 2018, to enable greater transparency and accountability when it comes to increasing the stock of social housing. The Government has committed over €6 billion to Rebuilding Ireland and it is vital that taxpayer funding is used efficiently and transparently to deliver new homes.

Targets for 2018 were published and, in conjunction with delivery information for the fourth quarter of last year, I will publish full year delivery details by local authority, measured against the targets set at the beginning of the year. Following another Housing Summit later this month, this process will be repeated for 2019.

With the policy, resources and funding in place, it is up to local authorities to ensure delivery, and I will continue to work with them to ensure the accelerated delivery of much needed homes for our citizens.

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