Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed uses for public expenditure on housing under the Rebuilding Ireland plan, including the amount that is earmarked for the construction of new State owned local authority housing and the amount that will be paid in subsidies to private landlords and developers through schemes such as HAP, SHCEP and Part V. [2184/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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To support the implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness,I have secured €5.35 billion in Exchequer investment to deliver 47,000 social housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisitions and leasing, over the period to 2021.

This €5.35 billion investment comprises some €4.5 billion in capital funding and €844 million in support of programmes funded from current expenditure.  The bulk of this funding is earmarked to support local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in providing social housing. Funding for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), under which accommodation is sourced from private landlords, is determined on an annual basis as part of the Estimates process, covering the costs of those already accommodated through the schemes and the costs of new households accommodated in the year in question.

Of the 47,000 social housing units to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, it is estimated that 26,000 will be constructed, while 11,000 will be acquired by local authorities, AHBs and the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being newly built units, including over 2,000 newly constructed units obtained by local authorities under Part V. 10,000 units will be leased by local authorities and AHBs.

The exact blend of delivery of new social housing units between new builds and acquisitions will depend on a range of factors including, for example, the level of general new housing that is delivered and which in turn, generates Part V units. My Department will continue to engage with local authorities on an ongoing basis in this regard.