Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2022
372. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of Vote 34, subhead A3, local authority housing, in terms of delivery models and funding streams employed, including corresponding output targets to achieve an overall total of 5,030 units as per the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022. [18148/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThrough the Voted capital funding under subhead A3, my Department provides support to local authorities in delivering new social homes via the construction and acquisition of houses/apartments; the construction of new social homes under the Public Private Partnership model (PPPs); delivery through Part V and also through turnkey arrangements in partnership with developers.
For 2022 the allocation to the subhead will be used to advance the 10,000 local authority homes currently in the construction pipeline, including moving those schemes in planning and design stage, through to tender and onto site and completing new social homes currently on site and under construction, as well as adding new homes to the current pipeline.
Under Housing for All, there is a target to deliver 9,200 social homes in 2022 primarily through construction-related activity and also a limited and targeted acquisitions programme. Of this 9,200 new social homes, 5,250 are targeted for delivery through the funding available under subhead A3.
Local authorities work strategically to deliver social homes in line with the targets that have been set. However the advancement of individual projects against a range of milestones cannot be predicted in all cases; for example projects designed by the local authorities can be refused or altered as part of the Part 8 planning process. Accordingly, it's important to allow as much flexibility as possible in local authority delivery across the range of programmes and for the range of individual projects and therefore, I have not allocated specific funding or targets to the individual delivery streams such as construction, PPPs, turnkeys, Part Vs or acquisitions; instead local authorities can draw funding as and when required which allows my Department to deploy the A3 funding where it is needed to ensure that social housing delivery in maximised in every budgetary cycle.
I am keen that all local authorities advance their construction related activity as rapidly as possible and my Department will fully support them in this regard.
