Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 632 of 3 November 2020 and 297 of 1 December 2020, the difference between the average social housing capital investment figures for Dublin city in 2019 and the SHCIP projects on which both sets of figures are based in tabular form. [42732/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The difference between the average social housing capital investment figures provided in the reply to Question No. 632 of 3 November 2020 and Question No. 297 of 1 December 2020 is due to the fact that Question No. 632 sought information on social housing units completed in 2019 whereas Question No. 297 sought information on social housing units that received funding approval since the start of 2019, many of which are currently under construction and schedule to complete in 2021 and 2022.

The average costs for social housing units delivered in 2019, presented in the reply to Question No. 632 includes units that the Local Authority reported as completed in that year.  These had an overall average cost per unit of €181,500.

This average cost included three projects that made up 45 Social Housing Capital Investment Programme (SHCIP) units, details of which are set out in the table below, completed in 2019.

*Ballybough Road - costs represent amounts sanctioned by this Department at final approval in 2017; additional costs were incurred by Dublin City Council for the construction of this project.

** Priory Hall - costs associated with the 24 Priory Hall Social Housing units are made up of the remediation cost apportioned to these 24 unit and should not be considered the total cost of building these units.

The estimated costs for social housing units approved since 2019 sought in Question No. 297 includes units that my Department has approved for funding, many of which are currently onsite for delivery in 2021 and 2022.  The average cost of these units was €383,609.

This estimated average cost includes six projects approved my Department since 1 January 2019 that make up 352 SHCIP units, comprising of 310 apartments and 42 houses, details of which are set out in the table below.