Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 786: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings delivered to date under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number of such units which were for social housing and for affordable housing; the number of private house completions since the commencement date of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27654/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Information on the number of private house completions and the number of housing units provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000-2004 is published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library and also on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.

In the first quarter of 2006 under Part V, 184 affordable and 167 social houses were acquired. In the same period, there were 21,894 private house completions, many of which would not have been subject to Part V e.g. of this total over 5,600 were one-off units and exempted from Part V. Other exemptions include social and affordable schemes or smaller developments of 4 units or less or built on unzoned land or with planning permissions granted prior to the introduction of Part V.

Total output under Part V amounted to 1,371 units in 2005 compared to 591 units in 2004. I am satisfied that Part V is operational in all planning authorities and that output is gathering momentum as evidenced by the statistics.