Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds completed by councils only not including houses bought from private or other sources in 2017 for social housing purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/18]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds finished in 2017 for social housing purposes by each county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/18]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1797. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that are owned by councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1435/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1771, 1772 and 1797 together.

Through the supports made available from my Department, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including through working with approved housing bodies.

Details on the number of properties purchased and built in all local authority areas, for letting to those on the social housing waiting lists, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .For ease of reference, the completions are separated to show the various delivery streams such as new builds and acquisitions by local authorities and by approved housing bodies. Information on quarter four of 2017 is currently being collected and will be published once collated.

Provisional 2017 output figures for social housing delivery at a national level are available at the following link:

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Regarding the number of houses that are owned by local authorities, this information is published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC), in their annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the total number of dwellings in each local authority area. The most recent NOAC report covers the 2015 period and is available at the following link:.