Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the price paid per Part V unit in Dublin and each other county, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14374/20]

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the price paid for non-Part V social housing acquisitions in Dublin and each other county, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14375/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 311 together.

Cost information on local authority and approved housing body direct construction and turnkeys, is collated by my Department at development level rather than at granular individual housing unit level. Disaggregating such development level information into individual unit costs, across all of the various types of units, would require significant analysis on unit characteristics such as size, type, number of bedrooms, site costs, abnormal costs, fees etc. to derive an accurate reflection of an average cost by unit.

My Department is working with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on a Spending Review of the social Housing Build programme for the period 2016-2019 which is expected to be published later this year. As part of this work, the Department's are working on extrapolating unit costs from raw data provided by local authorities.

Part V units can be delivered through a range of programmes funded by my Department, including;

- The Social Housing Capital Investment Programme (SHCIP)- LA led, 100% capital funded

- The Capital Assistance Scheme- AHB led, 100% capital funded

- The Capital Advance Leasing Facility- AHB led, range of 0% to 30% capital loan funded and ongoing lease under Payment and Availability Agreement (P&A)

- Social Housing Current Expenditure programme (SHCEP) Part V- generally LA- leased under current funding

- LA own funding or Cost neutral- these are Part V units delivered by LAs but not claimed from the Department.

Each programme has its own discreet data requirements and data held on file. The information requested, in the format of average unit costs by local authority, will require some time to collate, and will be made available as soon as possible.