Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 July 2020
128. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses made available directly to each local authority through Part 8 or similar schemes in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity under Rebuilding Ireland. This is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision.
In addition to the statistical overview of activity in each local authority, a detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report is published which provides scheme level detail on new build activity under Rebuilding Ireland. The most recent publication covers the period up to the end of Q4 2019 and was published on 14 May 2020. This report is available at the following link: https://rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-publishes-social-housing-construction-status-report-for-q4-2019-2/.
Construction projects listed in the Social Housing Construction Status Report include projects which are both within and outside the Part 8 process. Non-Part 8 projects include those being advanced by Approved Housing Bodies and projects by private developers that are being secured on a turn-key basis by local authorities.
In most cases local authorities use the Part 8 process for local authority own development, which is not a planning application, and data on Part 8 cases is not collated in planning statistics as these applications are a matter for each relevant local authority.
In the Construction Status Report, projects listed as LA Construction or LA Construction Rapid may be considered as direct LA Build schemes. The overall Build programme listed 8,900 such homes at end 2019, of which just under 2,700 had completed and the remainder were advancing through various stages of the programme. This listed is being added to weekly.
The publication of updated reports in relation to this year was affected by Covid restrictions and the prioritisation of Covid related housing responses. They will be made available in due course.
