Written answers

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Department of Finance

Housing Provision

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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297. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes or dwellings that were completed by NAMA debtors in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the local authority areas in which they have been completed; the sale price; the number that have been sold to funds as private rented sector units, that is, non-household entities including homes that were pre-funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63123/21]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Through working with debtors and receivers, NAMA’s residential delivery programme facilitated the completion of 10,052 units in the years 2018 to 2020. This total includes: 5,283 units directly funded by NAMA; and 4,769 new residential units completed on sites for which NAMA had funded planning permission, enabling works, legal costs or holding costs prior to disposal or refinance.

Table 1 below provides a breakdown by year of direct and indirect unit delivery.

Tables 2 and 3 provide a breakdown of unit delivery by local authority area and year. 

Table 1: Residential units completed

2018 2019 2020 TOTAL 2018-2020
Directly Delivered by NAMA Debtors & Receivers 2,516 2,009 758 5,283
Indirectly Delivered* 1,729 1,618 1,422 4,769
Total 4,245 3,627 2,180 10,052

*Indirectly delivered refers to new residential units delivered on former NAMA-secured sites which benefitted from NAMA asset management and/or funding prior to their sale or refinance

Table 2: Directly Delivered units by relevant local authority area, by year

2018 2019 2020 TOTAL 2018-2020
Dublin City Council 423 373 202 998
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 994 383 56 1,433
Fingal County Council 338 439 199 976
South Dublin County Council 120 184 55 359
Cork County Council 225 231 119 575
Galway City Council 37 33 0 70
Galway County Council 8 12 0 20
Kildare County Council 244 201 0 445
Meath County Council 28 31 77 136
Monaghan County Council 0 0 24 24
Wicklow County Council 99 122 26 247
Grand Total 2,516 2,009 758 5,283

Table 3:  Indirectly Delivered units by relevant local authority area, by year

2018 2019 2020 TOTAL 2018-2020
Dublin City Council 588 300 19 907
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 78 36 47 161
Fingal County Council 680 149 81 910
South Dublin County Council 112 134 32 278
Carlow 84 34 44 162
Cork City Council 43 104 118 265
Cork County Council 12 202 147 361
Galway City Council 4 2 5 11
Galway County Council 2 28 - 30
Kildare County Council 23 112 280 415
Limerick County Council 5 54 63 122
Louth County Council - 10 106 116
Meath County Council 81 453 456 990
Sligo County Council 17 - - 17
Waterford County Council - - 8 8
Wexford County Council - - 8 8
Wicklow County Council - - 8 8
Grand Total 1,729 1,618 1,422 4,769

Sales Price

The percentage breakdown of the average gross sales prices for residential units directly funded and delivered by NAMA debtors and receivers, which sold in the period 2018 to 2020 is provided in Table 4 below.

Table 4: Average Sales Prices

Price Range %
<€300k 17%
€300k-€500k 61%
>€500k 22%
Total 100%

Sold to Private Rented Sector

In the period 2018 to 2020, 1,099* newly built residential units were sold by NAMA debtors to firms operating in the Private Rented Sector. 

*This figure excludes units in developments initially held as security by NAMA but subsequently refinanced by debtors or developed by third parties under licence (for which NAMA only receives a portion of the sale price related to the land value). It also excludes bulk sales of residential units for social housing to AHBs, local authorities and NARPS.

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