Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be delivered in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2022 [38703/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Housing for All, is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.

Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority for the period 2022-2026. For 2022, Longford has a target to deliver 75 new build social homes and Westmeath has a target to deliver 220 new build social homes.

My Department publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR) on a quarterly basis. The CSR provides details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and pre-tender process. The most recent publication was for Quarter 1 2022. The report is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/6912a-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q1-2022/.

A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded at the link below: Social Housing Construction Status Report Q1 2022 - Dataset - Dept of Housing, Local Government and Heritage