John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 25,000 new social housing units detailed in Pillar 2 of Rebuilding Ireland by unit type, that is local authority new build, local authority Part V acquisition, approved housing bodies new build, approved housing bodies Part V acquisition and other. [28706/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Rebuilding Ireland; An Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness signals a significant increase to 47,000 in the number of social housing units to be provided by end-2021. Of these 47,000 social housing units , 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 table shows a breakdown of the projected delivery of the 47,000 units.

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.