Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of council land banks zoned for social housing that have yet to have housing built on them by county, in tabular form; and the number and acreage of each individual land bank in each county. [34629/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department does not hold the data requested by the Deputy. Indeed, it is a matter for each local authority to satisfy itself that it has sufficient lands zoned to meet its overall housing needs, both in relation to wider residential development and in terms of lands on which social housing can be provided.

Under Rebuilding Ireland: an Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, 47,000 social housing units are to be delivered by 2021, with approximately 26,000 to be constructed, while 11,000 will be acquired by local authorities and approved housing bodies 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 approved housing bodies. My Department is currently working closely with each local authority on their individual social housing delivery programmes, including in relation to their construction programmes and land issues arising.