Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority units to be completed by Westmeath County Council by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/22]

Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority units to be completed by Longford County Council by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3581/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together.

Under Housing for All, 47,600 new build social homes are to be delivered in the period 2022-26. In September 2021, I issued individual targets to each local authority for the delivery of new build social homes, with the following targets set out for Longford and Westmeath local authorities, including their targets for 2022 -

In addition, each local authority has recently provided a Housing Delivery Action Plan which is to set out details on how local authorities will deliver their housing targets. I received Action Plans from both Longford and Westmeath Councils in December 2021 and my Department is now reviewing these and where needed, will engage further with local authorities for further detail. The Plans will be published in Quarter 2, following the conclusion of the review process.

By way of tracking social housing delivery, a Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) is published each quarter by my Department. This provides details of the individual social housing new build projects, which make up the new build programme for each local authority, including Longford and Westmeath Councils. It will be these schemes which will form the basis for new build delivery of social homes in the local authorities during 2022 and beyond. The most recent CSR publication covers the period up to the end of Quarter 3 2021, and is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/feea9-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q3-2021/.

I'm keen that all local authorities progress their social housing schemes as quickly as possible and that they receive the support of public representatives in the advancement of their programmes.