Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing project at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37358/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides both capital and current funding to local authorities across a range of funding initiatives to assist them in providing homes for families and individuals on their social housing waiting lists.  To provide transparency on the new social housing projects being advanced, each quarter my Department publishes a Social Housing Construction Status Report and updated Social Housing Delivery statistics for all years from 1999. The report for Quarter 4, 2020 is available at the following link: .  These quarterly reports provide details of the social housing construction schemes completed and those in the pipeline for all local authorities including Dublin City Council (DCC).

DCC is currently progressing plans for the redevelopment of the 6.1 hectare site at Kildonan Road which includes the Abigail Women’s Centre and Tús Núa facility with a view to constructing 166 homes, a Men’s Shed and a Creche.

On receipt of a Stage 1 Capital Appraisal my Department issued Stage 1 Approval-in-Principal in May 2020 for the construction of the 75 Social Housing units under Phase 1 of this project. 

DCC has informed my Department that following delays, design development is underway and a Stage 2 Pre-planning submission for the social housing units is expected to be submitted to my Department in September 2021. 

Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing project at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37359/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is currently considering a funding application for a housing project, comprising 104 high-quality homes for social housing use, at the location referred to that is being progressed by the approved housing body (AHB), Clúid Housing, working in partnership with Dublin City Council (DCC). This project has an indicative completion date of December 2023. As with all construction projects in the current COVID 19 climate, delivery programmes and timelines are under constant review.

The land on which this proposal relates is currently in the ownership of DCC, and the project is currently going through the Pre Part 8 process. It is intended that the development will be social housing for Older Persons.

My Department publishes a quarterly Social Housing Construction Projects Status Report, which sets out the continuing progress being made in advancing the national Local Authority and AHB new-build pipeline. 

Details of the latest Construction Status Report (Q1 2021) can be located on the data.gov website at the following link: