Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units delivered in Galway city in 2022; the number of same that were new builds; the number of social housing units delivered in Galway city to date in 2023; the number of same that are new builds; if he will provide details of any analysis carried out by his Department into delays in the building of social houses in Galway city in 2022, and into any projected shortfall in the building of social houses in Galway City in 2023; if he will provide details of any engagement his Department has had with Galway City Council in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/23]

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 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 by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority, including Galway City. This data is available to the end of 2022, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link:

Data for Q1 2023 is currently being collated and will be published in due course.

My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). The CSR provides details of social housing developments and their location that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for Quarter 4 2022. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link: .

A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis at the link below:

In September 2021, I issued social housing targets to each local authority for the period 2022-2026. Galway City Council has a target to deliver 219 new build social homes in 2023.

A key action of Housing for All required local authorities to develop Housing Delivery Action Plans to include details of social and affordable housing delivery. The Plans set out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. A copy of Galway City Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan is available on its website at the following link: www.galwaycity.ie/gccfiles/?r=/download&path=L0RlcGFydG1lbnRzL0hvdXNpbmcvSG91c2luZyBBY3Rpb24gUGxhbiAyMDIyL0hvdXNpbmcgRGVsaXZlcnkgQWN0aW9uIFBsYW4gMjAyMi0yMDI2IEVuZ2xpc2gucGRm - Galway City Council - Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022-2026

The Galway Housing Task Force is continuing to provide a strong focus on social and affordable housing delivery and related areas across the two Galway local authorities. The Task Force meets on a quarterly basis to support progress on the delivery of social and affordable housing as well as dealing with related challenges such as homelessness.