Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Local authorities have been notified of their targets for social housing delivery via construction, acquisition and leasing which, in the case of Limerick City and County Council, is 1,365 units for the period 2018-2021. The targets are based on the summary of social housing assessments of 2017.

Limerick City and County Council has an ambitious pipeline of new social housing construction projects in place, including those it is leading itself and those being delivered in partnership with approved housing bodies. There are approximately 770 new social homes in its programme and the council is adding to this on an ongoing basis. Other delivery for new social housing is also under way in Limerick through schemes such as the leasing schemes, which are working well.

Details of local authority activity across the range of social housing programmes are published on my Department’s website. I have also indicated that I intend to publish progress against targets across each category of activity on a quarterly basis. I am determined that local authorities meet their targets and the financial resources they need to do this are in place. I have always been clear that the targets that have been set are minimum targets and, where further social housing delivery opportunities are available and represent value for money, my Department will support the local authorities to pursue them.

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