Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm whether a single point of approval for mixed tenure social and affordable housing schemes has been put in place on foot of his Department's review published in January 2022; if so, the name and grade of the person leading this single point of approval; and the number of projects currently accessing this single point of approval, with a breakdown by local authority area and number of units in each project. [4320/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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A new Mixed Tenure Unit was established in my Department in April 2022. This Unit acts as a single point of contact for Local Authorities for mixed tenure developments. The Unit co-ordinates funding applications and responses for projects seeking a combination of funding for social housing, affordable purchase and/or cost rental. The Unit is led by an Assistant Principal Officer, reporting to a Principal Officer in the Social Housing Delivery Division. The role and scope of the Unit is currently being progressed and once confirmed, a Mixed Tenure Circular will issue to Local Authorities in Q1 2023.

The Mixed Tenure Unit has been actively engaged in the pre-construction phases of a number of mixed tenure projects to-date. The Unit is currently working with Local Authorities regarding the co-ordination of a number of mixed tenure projects including:

- Dublin City Council – 5 projects with an estimated 3,800* units across all tenures

- Fingal County Council – 2 projects with an estimated 1,000* units across all tenures

- South Dublin County Council – 2 projects with an estimated 4,000* units across all tenures - Galway City Council – 1 project with an estimated 100* units across all tenures

- Kildare County Council – 1 project with an estimated 50* units across all tenures 

*As projects are in planning stage and may not yet have approval for funding or planning permission, the number of units are estimated and may change as projects progress.