Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the take-up in each local authority in each year since 2016 to date by option (details supplied). [57490/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Details on social housing delivery for each local authority, across a range of delivery mechanisms, are included in the social housing statistics published by my Department. This data is available to the end of Quarter 2 2021 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website. Details on the Repair and Leasing Scheme delivery are available at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#repair-and-leasing-scheme-rls.

Since Buy and Renew was introduced in 2016, local authorities have purchased and renewed over 700 homes for social housing use. The table below outlines the delivery in each local authority.

An Acquisitions Fund of €70m was established with effect from 1 January 2017, with the objective of acquiring homes for onward sale to Approved Housing Bodies for use for social housing purposes. Below is a detailed breakdown of Housing Agency Fund delivery by local authority.

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My Department does not maintain a record of vacant properties acquired under compulsory purchase order by local authorities. This data may be available from relevant local authorities.

Under Housing for All, the Government is introducing a range of measures to address vacancy and to ensure the efficient use of existing stock. Pathway 4 of the Plan sets out details of these measures.An electronic version of Housing for All is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/ef5ec-housing-for-all-a-new-housing-plan-for-ireland/