Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 5,280 social housing units provided in 2016 (details supplied); if he will provide a further breakdown of the leased units in terms of whether the units will be owned by councils or AHBs at the end of the lease term or if they will be owned by the private sector; if all 5,280 social housing units are now tenanted; and if not, the number that have not been tenanted. [2635/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Government has set out ambitious targets for the delivery of social housing supports over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland. Last year, over 18,300 social housing supports were provided across a range of delivery programmes. Within this, preliminary data show that around 5,280 new social houses were either purchased, leased, remediated or built by local authorities and approved housing bodies across the country using a range of funding mechanisms and delivery programmes.

My Department publishes a wide range of statistical information on housing delivery and these are available on the Department’s website at the following link:

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The information on the website is up to date as of the end of quarter 3 2016; information for the full year of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.

On completion of units through whatever delivery means, their final tenanting is then a matter for the local authorities directly. In all cases there should be no undue delay between the completion of units and completion of the tenanting process.