Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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1661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing a home to every person on local authority homeless lists, that is, excluding use of the private rental market in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35960/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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1662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing a home to every person who has been on a local authority social housing waiting list for over four years, that is, excluding use of the private rental market in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35961/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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1663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated annual cost of building 20,000 new social and affordable homes per year each year for five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35962/17]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of building council housing on publicly owned land that is fully serviced. [36351/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1661 to 1663, inclusive, and 1680 together.

Details on the number of households qualified and in need of Social Housing Support (SHS) in each local authority area are available from the results of the Summaries of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA.) The most recent statutory SSHA was carried out in 2016, and indicated that 91,600 households were eligible and in need of SHS as at 21 September 2016. 

The results are available on my Department’s website at the link below and include breakdowns by each local authority across a range of categories: 

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According to the 2016 SSHA, 43,034 households were registered with local authorities as being eligible for, and in need of SHS, for four years or more. The basis of need of approximately 6% of the 91,600 households was stated as being “Homeless, living in an institution, emergency accommodation or hostel”.

The average costs for the range of differently sized social housing units in terms of both construction costs and ‘all-in’ costs are set out in the following table.  These are based on the analysis of returned data from tendered social housing schemes over an extended period. Construction cost is reflective of building costs (including VAT) and also includes normal site works and site development. All-in cost includes cost of construction, land cost, professional fees, utility connections, site investigations/surveys, archaeology where appropriate, VAT and contribution to public art. Abnormal costs are excluded from these figures.

The Rebuilding Ireland  Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is based on blended delivery of social housing given the capacity of local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the private market and the financial resources available to Government. Under this plan there are a range of delivery mechanisms such as building, leasing and acquisitions. Over the lifetime of the plan this will provide 47,000 social housing units. In addition, 88,000 households will have their housing need met through Housing Assistance Payments and the Rental Accommodation Scheme resulting in overall delivery of 135,000 homes. €5.35billion, made up of €4.5billion capital and €0.85billion current expenditure, is provided for to support the delivery of Rebuilding Ireland's social housing ambition. 

I have initiated a targeted review of Rebuilding Ireland, with an emphasis on strengthening the measures already in place and identifying new initiatives that add value and raise ambition.  As part of this review process, which I intend to conclude by September, I have asked my Department to focus in particular on the broad issue of housing affordability, as well as well as identifying additional supply-side measures, to increase the pace and scale of delivery of social, private and rented accommodation.