Written answers

Thursday, 30 July 2020

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing

Photo of Duncan SmithDuncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses directly built by planning authorities countrywide over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19944/20]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity under Rebuilding Ireland. This is published on the statistics page of my Department's website, at the following link: . This will provide the Deputy with detailed breakdown of activity across multiple years up to end Q4 2019.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Q1 2020 returns have been deferred and will be collected in conjunction with Q2 2020 and reported in due course.

In addition to the statistical overview of activity in each local authority, a detailed Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published which provides scheme level detail on new build activity under Rebuilding Ireland. The most recent publication covers the period up to the end of Q4 2019 and was published on 14 May 2020. This report is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: 

Photo of Duncan SmithDuncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses provided by approved housing associations in the four Dublin local authorities over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/20]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation of homes to households on waiting lists by either Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) or local authorities is a matter for individual local authorities in line with their scheme of housing allocations.

My Department supports local authorities to engage with AHBs in the delivery of housing through a wide range of schemes.

AHB Delivery under build and acquisitions in the Dublin Region since 2016 is detailed in the following table. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Q1 2020 returns were deferred to be collected in conjunction with Q2 2020 and reported in due course.

2016 2017 2018 2019
Local Authority AHB Build  AHB Acq AHB Leasing AHB Build AHB Acq AHB Leasing AHB Build AHB Acq AHB Leasing AHB Build  AHB Acq AHB Leasing AHB Build AHB Acq AHB Leasing Total AHB
Dublin City Council 99 68 N/A 214 116 55 309 280 30 386 123 20 1008 587 105 1700
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 0 30 N/A 132 45 9 35 29 1 84 11 1 251 115 11 377
Fingal County Council 19 73 N/A 120 44 38 155 107 27 333 44 21 627 268 86 981
South Dublin County Council 0 29 N/A 105 28 6 134 44 17 233 59 14 472 160 37 669
Totals 118 200 0 571 233 108 633 460 75 1036 237 56 2358 1130 239 3727
* AHB Leasing Figures are not available for 2016. LA and AHB Leasing delivery was counted together in 2016.

Significant progress has been made by the AHB sector over the last number of years.  There are a range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing supports in partnership with AHBs through capital and current funding. The funding under these programmes is provided directly to local authorities who, in turn, advance the funding to AHBs, as appropriate. 

Photo of Duncan SmithDuncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private homes purchased for social housing by the four Dublin local authorities in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19950/20]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity under Rebuilding Ireland, including acquisitions. This is published on the statistics page of my Department's website, at the following link: . This will provide the Deputy with detailed breakdown of activity across multiple years up to end Q4 2019.

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