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Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 March 2019

Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Ceisteanna (310, 311, 312, 313)

Darragh O'Brien

Ceist:

310. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the initial sites selected for the scheme following the €25 million serviced sites fund announced in budget 2018 as reflected in a statement (details supplied) by local authority and location; the number of homes targeted; the site on which construction has started for such affordable homes; the number of homes involved to date; and the amount of funding sanctioned for each local authority for initial sites provided for affordable housing from the fund in tabular form. [11108/19]

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Darragh O'Brien

Ceist:

311. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the development and construction status of each local authority site for affordable housing under the serviced sites fund announcement as per a statement (details supplied) in tabular form. [11109/19]

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Darragh O'Brien

Ceist:

312. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of each of the five local authority sites that were previously under active consideration for affordable housing under the serviced sites fund as per an announcement (details supplied). [11110/19]

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Darragh O'Brien

Ceist:

313. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of direct meetings he or his officials have had with each local authority in 2018 and to date in 2019 regarding the call for proposals with regard to the affordable housing serviced sites fund since circular APH 1/2018 issued, in tabular form. [11111/19]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 to 313, inclusive, together.

In order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public lands, to support the provision of affordable homes to purchase or rent. I envisage a maximum amount of SSF funding of €50,000 per affordable home and on this basis, at least 6,200 affordable homes could be facilitated.

On 11 December 2018, I issued approval in principle for ten infrastructure projects across five local authority areas, in Dublin and Cork, under the first call for proposals. The first tranche of funding of €43 million will enable delivery of 1,400 affordable homes on local authority lands. I expect infrastructure works on these projects to begin as soon as possible in 2019 and delivery of affordable homes from 2020 onwards. Details of the projects are set out in Table 1.

There are five further projects under active consideration by my Department, with the potential to facilitate the delivery of an additional 230 affordable homes. Details of these sites are set out in Table 2.

All local authorities have been requested to carry out economic assessments of the requirement for affordable housing in their areas and the viability to deliver such affordable housing from their sites. As part of the process my Department hosted a workshop for local authorities on 8th November 2018,  to discuss these issues. A second call for proposals under the SSF will be made shortly. The scope of that call will be influenced by the information received from local authorities, as part of the aforementioned assessments.

An important factor in the allocation of funding under the SSF is the capacity to translate that funding into a discount on the affordable homes. In addition, local authorities must consider the market price of similar homes on sale locally in the private market and the level of discount on market price envisaged, which will be required under the Affordable Purchase Scheme terms. The objective is to maximise the benefits from public money by funding the best value for money proposals possible. My Department continues to engage pro-actively with local authorities regarding these issues and meets with local authorities, individually and collectively, in a range of different formations, on a regular basis, in relation to their housing programmes. In the coming weeks, officials from my Department will be meeting with the local authorities who received approval under the first call in relation to the development of these sites.  

Table 1: List of (ten) proposals that have received approval in principle

Local Authority

Project/Location

Total Provisional Cost of Proposal

(100%)

Provisional   Exchequer Grant Amount (89%)

Provisional Local Authority Contribution

(11%)

Type of Infrastructure proposed

Affordable  

Housing Potential

Total (Social & Affordable) 

Housing Potential

Cork County

Glanmire

€1,500,000

€1,335,000

€165,000

Cycle way; foul-pumping station; pedestrian bridge; road widening; and streetscape   enhancement

20

77

Cork City

Boherboy Road

€4,968,366

€4,421,846

€546,520

Crèche and associated site development/ancillary works to include realignment of   existing public road to enhance vehicular accessibility

103

147

Cork City

Kilmore Road, Churchfield

€1,410,551

€1,255,390

€155,160

Relocation of 800mm diameter water main and public road realignment

21

21

Dublin City

Cherry Orchard

€7,645,415

€6,804,419

€840,996

Diversion of ESB networks underground service; Irish Water foul main to open up western   boundary of site for development, as well as the new link road and access   roads, with associated new utility infrastructure to proposed new housing with off-street parking to houses, and surface parking to apartment buildings

183

183

Dublin City

Balbutcher, Ballymun

€4,135,351

€3,680,462

€454,889

Diversion of ESB Networks underground service and remove both an Irish Water potable   water and foul sewer along with an Eir service coupled with construction of new access roads.

74

74

Dublin City

Sillogue, Ballymun

€3,975,000

€3,537,750

€437,250

Service diversions for storm water, foul water, Gas Networks Ireland and Eir; removal of redundant IW potable water service’ provision of new road, footpaths and associated services to provide street frontage

83

83

DLR

Enniskerry Road

€4,537,576

€4,038,443

€499,133

Storm water management system; foul drains; roads, paths, pavings; public amenity park; resource centre; district heating system.

50

155

Fingal

Church Fields, Mulhuddart

€11,000,000

€9,790,000

€1,210,000

Extension of Wellview Ave to the roundabout at Damastown Avenue thereby establishing it   as main the distributor route; upgrading of Wellview Avenue from roundabout at Lady’s Well Road to where currently ends at Wellview Green.

753

1255

Fingal

Dun   Emer, Lusk

€1,500,000

€1,335,000

€165,000

Construction of Kilhedge Lane, including provision for associated civil and utility services infrastructure

74

99

Fingal

Hackettstown,   Skerries

€2,198,667

€1,956,814

€241,853

Upgrade of Golf Links Road including widening and reconstruction of same; road   connection to include new bridge from Phase 1 lands (to North of site) to the   Fingal County Council lands to the South; new North/South access road to be   designed as an urban street with hard and soft landscaping,

49

98

Total

 

€42,870,926

€38,155,124

€4,715,801

 

1410

2192

Table 2: List of (five) proposals still under active consideration at this stage

Local Authority

Project/ 

Location

Total Cost of Proposal Submitted

Affordable 

Housing Potential

Total (Social & Affordable) 

Housing Potential

Fingal

Cappagh

€3,552,500

122

203

Galway City

Bóthar an Choiste

€2,174,128

45

45

Kildare

Newtown, Celbridge

€300,000

10

36

Meath

Tailteann Drive, Navan

€1,662,729

33

33

Wicklow

Lott Lane, Kilcoole

€380,000

24

120

Total

 

€8,069,357

234

437

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