Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 9 February 2005 regarding the 10,000 housing target under Sustaining Progress, the number of houses in respect of which planning permission has been granted in regard to each local authority area listed; the number of houses which have begun to be constructed, and the number of housing completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11062/05]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Having arranged for the provision of land sufficient to support the target figure of 10,000 potential units under the affordable housing initiative, the priority now is to ensure the earliest possible delivery of these housing units. While some time is necessarily required between a decision to build housing units and their being finally occupied, my Department is working closely with local authorities to ensure the earliest possible delivery of housing units. Some projects have commenced construction, the Harcourt Terrace site is being piloted as an alternative means of speeding up delivery of units. In addition, activity under the Part V arrangements, the affordable units of which are an important contributor to the 10,000 target figure, is now gathering momentum.

The information requested in relation to each county-local authority area is set out in the following table.