Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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878. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites in north-western areas of Dublin that have availed of the serviced sites fund. [12856/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 which were commenced in June 2018.  Regulations in respect of the making of a Scheme of Priority were signed in March 2019, and were subsequently issued to local authorities.  The Scheme of Priority sets out the affordable purchase arrangements at local authority level, including the methodology to be applied by local authorities to determine the order of priority to be accorded to eligible households where demand exceeds supply.  Further regulations are currently being drafted regarding eligibility and other matters.

To support the delivery of the homes that will be made available by local authorities for purchase under the scheme, €310 million was made available under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF).  This fund sub-vents the cost of facilitating infrastructure and a maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 is available per affordable home.  On this basis, at least 6,200 more affordable homes, to buy or rent, can be facilitated by this measure alone.  This funding is being made available in areas where local authorities have demonstrated a requirement for more affordable housing and the viability to deliver such housing from their sites.  To date, funding of €127 million has been approved in principle to provide infrastructural work that will support 35 projects in 14 local authorities, delivering 3,200 homes.

Details of all SSF projects that have received approval in principle under both SSF calls, including those in Dublin North, and the number of more affordable homes whose delivery will be supported by SSF funding are available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following links: 

Call 1:  

Call 2:  

It is intended to issue a third call for proposals under the SSF to local authorities later this year.