Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses directly under construction by the local authorities at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20087/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Social Housing Construction Status Report covering the period up to Quarter 4 of 2017 was published on 19 April 2018 and is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link .  It provides project and stage details of the social housing construction pipeline in place at end of 2017 for all local authorities, including those construction projects being delivered in partnership with approved housing bodies.

The report shows a pipeline to deliver over 13,400 social homes, a very substantial increase on the 8,430 homes in the pipeline a year earlier. At end 2017, almost 2,600 social homes were completed, with another 3,650 homes under construction, 1,900 homes about to go on site and the remaining 5,300 homes progressing through the various stages of planning, design and procurement.

If we exclude new social homes being delivered by approved housing bodies, this shows local authority led activity at 8,000 homes, with 1,330 homes completed, a further 1,900 homes under construction and a further 380 homes about to go on site, with the remaining 4,400 progressing through the various stages of planning, design and procurement.

My Department will continue to work with local authorities to maximise delivery and also harness appropriate opportunities to deliver on additional build units in 2018, including through turnkey schemes.