Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing PPPs; the timeframe for their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Social Housing PPP Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million.  It is to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles.  The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, is to provide over 500 units in the Greater Dublin Area.  Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in the County Council areas of South Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Louth.

The second bundle, comprising eight PPP sites which are to provide over 450 units, was announced in June 2016.  Three of the sites are located in the Cork County Council area, with one each in  the Galway City Council and Waterford City & County Council areas.  There is a further one site in each of the County Council areas of Clare, Kildare and Roscommon.

The identification and selection of sites for the third project bundle is currently underway and is expected to be finalised in the coming months.

Each individual bundle of sites takes an estimated 37-48 months to deliver in total, including planning, procurement and construction.  It is expected that construction would commence in 2018 on the first bundle of sites, with units becoming available from 2019.