Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Ms Caroline Timmons:

On the cost-rental side, we had 684 cost-rental units delivered in 2022. That is up from 65 the previous year. As I mentioned earlier in reply to one of the Deputies who asked the same question, I do not have full projections for this year yet. We build the pipeline over the year, typically, on the affordable side. They come in across the year. It is likely to be some time yet before I can give an accurate projection. Across delivery streams from AHBs, local authorities and the LDA, we get cost rental from each. We will see what comes in over the next while. The LDA is projecting more than 800 at this point. The AHBs are working on submitting fresh applications as well.