Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which housing availability to the local authority under part 5 procedure continues to be made available to Kildare County Council or approved housing bodies, the extent to which this is impacting on the number on the local authority housing waiting list; the extent to which regulations affecting their allocation to suitable applicants continue to be determined by way of statutory regulations or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39322/22]

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, 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority, with Kildare County Council allocated a target to deliver 2,068 new build social homes in this period. This target includes homes delivered through Part V, in addition to homes delivered through local authority and Approved Housing Body build programmes.

Details on Part V delivery in Kildare can be found on the statistics page of my Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/fd048-affordable-housing-and-part-v-statistics/.

The oversight and practical management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is solely a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations.