Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a list of the number of social houses that have been built on islands around the Irish coast in the past 20 years, in tabular form; the islands on which they have been built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6325/23]

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 new homes 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 in each local authority. Data to the end of Quarter 3 2022 is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/

My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments at scheme level 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 Q3 2022. The report is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/2b4cd-social-housing-construction-projects-status-report-q3-2022/. A version of this file is available to download for analysis at data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2022?package_type=dataset.