Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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1379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €70 million rolling Housing Agency fund by county; the number of units delivered per annum since its inception to date by county; the average cost for each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12996/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme. An Acquisitions Fund of €70 m, which is a revolving fund, has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 homes over the period to 2020 for social housing use.

The following table sets out the number of homes acquired and under Caretaker Lease and the average costs per county per annum since 2017.