Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 May 2022
355. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of rapid build homes funded by his Department in each of the years since 2016, broken down by the number in each local authority; the average cost per unit in each county; and the average delivery time from conception, planning, commencement and completion again in each local authority in tabular form. [22777/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports, including through the use of design-build rapid delivery methodologies (including prefabricated and modular build units). Local authorities have been advised that design-build rapid delivery approaches should be adopted where appropriate to deliver social housing projects on local authority-owned land.
For the purpose of tracking social housing delivery, a Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published each quarter by my Department. This provides details of the individual social housing build projects, including design-build schemes, in the programme of each local authority. The most recent CSR publication covers the period up to the end of Quarter 4 of 2021, and is available at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/af746-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q4-2021/#
Since 2016, 752 units have been delivered under the Programme to Q4 2021, while there are projects in the pipeline that will deliver in excess of 1,380 units out to 2025. Details in relation to the units delivered to end 2021 are set out in the following table:
|
Local Authority |
No. of Schemes |
No. of Units |
Average Funding Approved per Unit |
*Average Scheme Delivery (Weeks) |
|
Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council |
1 |
12 |
€279,423 |
105 |
|
Dublin City Council |
6 |
240 |
€226,939 |
76 |
|
Fingal County Council |
4 |
104 |
€203,176 |
109 |
|
Kerry County Council |
1 |
20 |
€251,679 |
260 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
2 |
59 |
€265,324 |
219 |
|
Meath County Council |
3 |
30 |
€230,766 |
125 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
3 |
177 |
€209,445 |
104 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
4 |
110 |
€258,330 |
111 |
|
Total |
24 |
752 |
|
|
* Average Scheme Delivery (Weeks) from my Departments receipt of initial proposal through pre-construction stages including planning and tendering to construction commencement and completion
Many of the issues around delivery that non-prefabricated social housing construction projects face, are also faced by design-build projects, such as preparing sites, services/access to the site, community consultation, planning, etc. There can, however, be savings in terms of programme and construction time with these advantages growing as more use is made of these frameworks and as contractors gain more experience in implementing these methods. Under this mechanism, acceleration is delivered both by the use of the design-build services of specialist contractors and reduced construction time periods due to considerable off site fabrication.
