I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 to 243, inclusive, together.
As a key initiative of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is primarily designed to fund the provision of public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages and enable housing developments to be built on key sites at scale.
In respect of the delivery of affordable housing, this is being delivered through a range of mechanisms, including the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF); direct delivery from State land supported by the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF); and delivery by the Land Development Agency.
LIHAF, while not put in place as an Affordable Housing Scheme within the normal understanding of that term, is a measure designed to activate housing supply, which is a crucial factor in terms of moderating house prices and thereby improving affordability generally. In addition, a specific affordability dividend is being secured on most projects, either through local affordable housing schemes administered by the local authorities under the LIHAF Programme, or LIHAF cost reduced units. 2,300 affordable homes will be delivered on mainly publicly owned lands supported through LIHAF, subject to planning permission, along with an additional 5,686 homes which will benefit from a LIHAF-related cost reduction, some of which are already coming to market.
Details on all of the LIHAF projects by local authority area, budget allocation, project timeframe and description, and housing delivery have been published on the Rebuilding Ireland website and are available at the following link: www.rebuildingireland.ie/LIHAF.
In terms of LIHAF funding drawdown, thus far, most projects have been at the design and planning stages, with the bulk of expenditure arising during the construction phase, and this is reflected in the level of expenditure to date. As more projects progress further through construction/completion of infrastructure works it is expected that the drawdown will increase significantly during the rest of 2019 and 2020.
The following tables give details of LIHAF drawndown to end Q1 2019 and delivery of projects including affordable units and cost reduced units which are part of the affordable measures being delivered through LIHAF. Further drawdown of funds is envisaged in the coming weeks once Q2 2019 claims are submitted by local authorities.
Local Authority
|
Project Name
|
Residential Units Delivered to Date
|
Cost Reduced/ Affordable LIHAF Units
|
Cork County
|
Carrigaline
|
100
|
0
|
Fingal
|
Oldtown/ Mooretown
|
144
|
144 cost reduced
|
Kildare
|
Naas
|
163
|
150 cost reduced
|
Meath
|
Ratoath
|
82
|
10 Affordable Units
|
South Dublin
|
Adamstown SDZ
|
325
|
325 cost reduced
|
Local Authority
|
LIHAF Project name
|
Total funding under LIHAF€M
|
Drawdown of LIHAF funding to end Q1 2019
|
Total Projected housing units to be delivered by 2021
|
Projected Number of Affordable Housing units
|
Projected Number of Cost Reduced Housing Units
|
Clare
|
Claureen, Ennis
|
3.66
|
86,009
|
200
|
0
|
180
|
Cork City
|
Old Whitechurch Road
|
9.89
|
3,308,511
|
600
|
216
|
0
|
Cork City
|
South Docks
|
15.50
|
564,225
|
620
|
40
|
0
|
Cork County
|
Midleton (Water-rock)
|
5.50
|
288,804
|
520
|
0
|
202
|
Cork County
|
Carrigaline
|
0.60
|
60,624
|
400
|
0
|
0
|
Cork County
|
Glanmire
|
5.90
|
156,778
|
300
|
0
|
110
|
Dublin City
|
Dodder Bridge
|
15.75
|
126,464
|
1500
|
450
|
0
|
Dublin City
|
Belmayne Clongriffin
|
3.00
|
93,583
|
850
|
120
|
270
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
Cherrywood
|
15.19
|
333,504
|
2000
|
300
|
0
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
Clay Farm
|
4.70
|
0
|
350
|
0
|
50
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
Woodbrook Shanganagh
|
4.16
|
0
|
1242
|
390
|
0
|
Fingal
|
Donabate Distributor Road
|
14.16
|
6,817,680
|
1200
|
40
|
900
|
Fingal
|
Oldtown Mooretown
|
4.90
|
302,035
|
800
|
0
|
720
|
Fingal
|
Baldoyle Stapolin
|
6.18
|
274,561
|
500
|
0
|
450
|
Kildare
|
Sallins
|
0.93
|
654,584
|
250
|
0
|
0
|
Kildare
|
Naas
|
6.00
|
237,563
|
800
|
0
|
658
|
Kildare
|
Maynooth
|
14.50
|
205,541
|
800
|
0
|
720
|
Kilkenny
|
Ferrybank
|
0.62
|
18,626
|
200
|
0
|
0
|
Kilkenny
|
Western Environs
|
6.76
|
378,827
|
530
|
0
|
423
|
Limerick
|
Mungret
|
10.50
|
1,168,859
|
401
|
60
|
179
|
Louth
|
Newtown Drogheda
|
1.22
|
44,867
|
200
|
0
|
180
|
Louth
|
Mount Avenue Dundalk
|
3.33
|
46,854
|
212
|
0
|
63
|
Meath
|
Ratoath
|
3.15
|
151,596
|
266
|
0
|
20
|
Meath
|
Farganstown, Navan
|
5.68
|
292,456
|
400
|
0
|
75
|
South Dublin
|
Adamstown
|
20.00
|
50,290
|
2000
|
600
|
0
|
South Dublin
|
Kilcarbery / Corkagh Grange
|
4.39
|
226,345
|
1000
|
84
|
0
|
South Dublin
|
Clonburris SDZ
|
3.00
|
10,681
|
1000
|
0
|
0
|
Waterford City and County Council
|
Gracedieu
|
1.32
|
52,234
|
238
|
0
|
126
|
Waterford City and County Council
|
Kilbarry
|
3.39
|
94,590
|
400
|
0
|
360
|
Westmeath
|
Brawny Road, Athlone
|
1.83
|
52,500
|
200
|
0
|
0
|
Totals
|
|
195.71
|
16,099,189
|
19979
|
2300
|
5686
|
Figures are projected from information submitted by Local Authorities and may be subject to change as sites move through the planning process.