Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of part V lease agreements that have been agreed to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59998/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments, including Part V leasing.

Section 96(3)(b)(iva) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a Part V agreement may be satisfied by the lease of housing units either on the site subject to the application or in any other area within the functional area of the planning authority.

In reaching an agreement on how the Part V contribution will be achieved, a planning authority is required to have regard to —

(i) the proper planning and sustainable development of the area to which the application relates,

(ii) the housing strategy and the specific objectives of the development plan which relate to the implementation of the strategy,

(iii) the need to ensure the overall coherence of the development to which the application relates, and

(iv) the views of the applicant in relation to the impact of the agreement on the development.

As such, the detail of Part V agreements is a matter for the relevant local authority.

The number of Part V leased properties delivered up to the end of Q2 2022, is published on my Department's website at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/?referrer=http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordble/overall-social-housing-provision#leasing

In the context of the phasing out of long term leasing by 2025 year end, the future of the Part V leasing option is currently under review.