Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 July 2020
143. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a process will be initiated with Dublin City Council to build affordable homes on the 33 ha of mainly public land identified in the Ballymun local area plan. [17955/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThis Government is absolutely committed to ensuring that affordable, quality housing solutions are available to everyone in Irish society, and this is reflected in the Programme for Government, Our Shared Future. We will put affordability at the heart of the housing system through the progression of State-backed affordable housing. Affordable Purchase and Cost Rental homes will be delivered on State and public lands through a number of channels, including by local authorities and the Land Development Agency.
Under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), €310 million has been allocated to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands. With a maximum of €50,000 funding available per home, at least 6,200 more affordable homes, to buy or rent, can be facilitated. To date, Serviced Sites Funding of €127 million has been approved in principle in support of 35 projects in 14 local authority areas, which will assist in the delivery of some 3,200 affordable homes.
In the first instance, it is the responsibility of local authorities to identify affordability issues and bring forward sites where the provision of more affordable housing is viable. I can confirm that Dublin City Council received approval in principle under the SSF for two projects in Ballymun at Balbutcher and Sillogue which will, cumulatively, assist in the delivery of 157 affordable homes.
Dublin City Council has provided details of other planned and potential projects in the Ballymun area, their associated timelines and the number of homes that will be delivered in the table below:
|
Location |
Project Proposal |
Timeline |
Homes |
|
Cranogue Road |
Affordable housing units |
Immediate pipeline:10 units already completed and occupied and the remaining 27 to be completed and occupied by the end of 2020. |
37 |
|
Poppintree |
Affordable housing units |
Immediate pipeline: commencement date in September 2020 |
12 |
|
Coultry, Main Street, Ballymun |
Cost rental by a consortium of AHBs |
Current proposal stage |
280 |
|
Parkview, Poppintree, Ballymun |
Potential affordable scheme by , to include element of older persons’ units |
Current proposal stage |
100 |
In terms of affordable housing more generally, I will outline my detailed plans in the Autumn, taking account of progress to date under the SSF, other measures and the input of key delivery partners.
