Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses built under PPP in the capital plan; the amount spent and to be spent; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18785/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Social Housing PPP programme provides for an investment with a capital value of €300 million and is expected to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles.  Costs incurred by my Department to date on the programme amount to some €564,000.

Each PPP site is being developed in co-operation with the local authorities concerned.  The first bundle comprises six sites in the greater Dublin area, with provision for over 500 units.   Two of the sites are located in Dublin City, with one each in South Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Louth.  Dublin City Council has been appointed to act as the lead local authority for the delivery of this first bundle.

The second bundle comprises eight PPP sites which are to provide over 450 units across the country.  Three of the sites are located in County Cork, with one each in the cities of Galway and Waterford.  There is a further one site in each of counties Clare, Kildare and Roscommon.  Cork County Council is the lead local authority for this bundle.

Sites for the third bundle are currently being identified and are to be announced in the coming months.

It is expected that the process of seeking planning approval for the first bundle will commence within the coming month.  The procurement process is being led by the National Development Finance Agency.  Tender documents are currently being finalised for the first bundle and are expected to be published in the coming months.

Planning and tendering for the second bundle are expected to progress later in 2017, with arrangements for the third bundle to follow in 2018.