Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the locations, by area, the 47,000 new social housing units will be built, acquired and leased as promised in his Department's action plan on housing. [26996/16]

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of the 47,000 new social housing units promised in his Department's action plan on housing which will be owned by local authorities or any other State agencies. [26997/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 343 together.

Of the 47,000 social housing units to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, an Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness,it is estimated at this stage that approximately 26,000 will be constructed, while 11,000 will be acquired by local authorities and AHBs directly from the market or the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being newly built units. 10,000 units will be leased by local authorities and AHBs, which includes an estimated 5,000 units to be sourced from the NTMA Special Purpose Vehicle and a further 5,000 properties to be secured from a combination of the Repair and Leasing Initiative that will be piloted shortly and under long-term lease arrangements by local authorities and AHBs from a range of different sources, not including Part V. This therefore includes a mix of units from the existing housing stock and newly built units. Overall, it is estimated that around 4,700 units could be secured for social housing from Part V agreements.

The following table shows a breakdown of the 47,000 units and the final delivery will ultimately depend on many factors, including activity in the private sector, capacity of local authorities and AHBs and readiness of projects. Targets for social housing delivery to end 2017 have already been issued and details of these are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

It should be noted that the allocation, by local authority area, of the increased targets under the Action Plan will be linked to the 2016 Housing Needs Assessment, which is currently underway. This link will mean that the Action Plan targets will be aligned to the up-to-date, priority housing needs locally.