Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his public housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The programme of investment in housing over the next seven years is set out in the National Development Plan 2007-2013 under which some €21 billion in finance, including €3 billion in SWA Rent Supplement, is being provided. Some 27,000 new social homes will be commenced or acquired and 17,000 affordable units will be delivered in the initial 2007-2009 period. The resources being made available under the NDP will allow for similar levels of activity post 2009 and in total, it is estimated that the needs of some 140,000 households will be met over the full period of the Plan. The actual delivery will be determined as part of the mid-term review of the NDP in accordance with the commitment in Towards 2016 to review progress taking account of market developments and capacity.

Full details of the 2007 Exchequer and non-Exchequer investment programme for housing are set out in the Revised Estimates for the Public Services 2007 and the Public Capital Programme 2007.