Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and his Department have explored the possibility of the acquisition of further religious-held property under the terms of the residential institutions redress scheme as a means of addressing the current chronic shortage of social housing; if he will provide a full account of any such plans in this regard; the targets in terms of the number of units; and the timelines that have been set for the delivery of units through this approach. [31965/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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On 14 May 2014, the Government published Construction 2020 – A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector. The Strategy contains 75 Actions in total and my Department, together with the Housing Agency, will be involved in the delivery of over 30 of those. Under Action 8 of Construction 2020, a Social Housing Strategy is to be published by Q3 2014; to assist in its development, the Housing Agency has invited submissions by 31 July 2014. Further information is available at the following weblink:

. The approach to the delivery of social housing over the next five years will be set out in the Strategy and all practicable options will be considered in that context, in consultation with my Government colleagues.