Written answers

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Housing Schemes

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes that were delivered through the mortgage-to-rent, buy-and-renew and repair-and-lease schemes in 2022, in tabular form. [63748/22]

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications, approvals and completions in 2022, broken down by local authority area; the number of repair-and-lease applications, broken down by local authority area, approvals and completions in 2022; and the number of buy-and-renew applications, approvals and completions in 2022, broken down by local authority area, in tabular form. [2131/23]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 and 583 together.

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. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes by 2030. 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.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. Data on the Repair and Leasing scheme in respect of all local authorities to end Q3 2022 is published on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/#repair-and-leasing-scheme-rls. This includes the number of units delivered by each local authority to end Q3 2022 and the number of applications since the launch of the scheme.

The table below shows the number of Mortgage-to-Rent applications, approvals and completions in 2022.

Local Authority Applications Approvals Completions
Carlow 11 11 11
Cavan 14 8 8
Clare 13 14 14
Cork City 22 22 22
Cork County 29 22 22
DLR 11 7 7
Donegal 29 26 26
Dublin City 13 0 0
Fingal 30 18 18
Galway City 5 2 2
Galway County 11 10 10
Kerry 20 8 8
Kildare 35 36 36
Kilkenny 11 11 11
Laois 16 14 14
Leitrim 7 2 2
Limerick 20 15 15
Longford 1 2 2
Louth 46 31 31
Mayo 10 9 9
Meath 38 34 34
Monaghan 11 8 8
Offaly 16 9 9
Roscommon 5 4 4
Sligo 8 6 6
South Dublin 31 23 23
Tipperary 17 10 10
Waterford 20 19 19
Westmeath 10 7 7
Wexford 25 23 23
Wicklow 12 21 21
TOTAL 547 432 432

Under Housing for All, Buy & Renew is a key element in tackling vacancy and dereliction. The Buy & Renew scheme supports local authorities in purchasing and renewing vacant housing units in need of repair, which can then be made available for social housing use. Details of the number of Buy & Renew units acquired by each local authority in 2022 are set out below. Data on the number of applications made may be available directly from local authorities. My Department is working to support increased Buy and Renew activity in local authorities.

Local Authority No of Units
Cork City 10
Cork County 7
Dublin City 11
Laois 1
Limerick 17
Meath 5
Roscommon 2
Tipperary 6
Total 59
Note: Buy & Renew figures are subject to revision as claims are received from local authorities.

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