Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the measures in pillar 1 of Rebuilding Ireland to address homelessness with timelines of Q3 and Q4 of 2016, including the delivery of rapid build houses, preventing family homelessness, extending housing first and the tenancy protection service and providing adequate emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35705/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness is being advanced across a number of departments and agencies, under the oversight of the Cabinet Committee on Housing, chaired by An Taoiseach, and there is a clear commitment to reporting progress, particularly through quarterly progress reports. The first quarterly progress report, which is in respect of Quarter 3 2016 commitments and actions, was published on 1 November and can be accessed through the following link: - .

Further progress reports will be published on the same quarterly basis, with the next due to be published in January 2017. Each quarterly report will focus on the actions due to be progressed or completed in the preceding quarter.

The various ‘Pillar 1’ actions contained in Rebuilding Ireland are being advanced across a number of Government departments and agencies. The Quarter 4 actions, such as the implementation of a National Tenancy Protection Service and a One-Stop Shop assessment centre for families, are progressing in line with the timeframes identified in Rebuilding Ireland. Also, measures are being put in place to ensure sufficient emergency accommodation is in place over the winter period.

With specific regard to Rapid-Delivery Housing Programme, 22 units have already been delivered and are tenanted and Dublin City Council is currently advancing a number of projects, which will deliver a further 131 units on a phased basis from end-year. Work is also underway across the four local authorities, which will bring to 350 the number of rapid delivery homes advancing through various stages of delivery, including construction, by the end of the year. Construction dates will be finalised in the context of completion of procurement and award of contracts.