Written answers
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Local Authorities
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 7 December 2023, what engagement he has had with the Galway Social Housing task force to-date in 2024 with regard to the availability of properties to rent in Galway within standard or discretionary HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6789/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Mirroring the position nationally, new home delivery in Galway City has increased in recent years, increasing by almost 40% from 257 hew homes pre-pandemic in 2019 to 358 in 2023. At a national level, new home delivery next year is expected to exceed 2023 delivery and be at its highest level for many years. If the national trend of increased supply is sustained, it is likely the uplift in new home delivery in Galway City in recent years will be sustained and built upon in 2024 and subsequent years.
All the opportunities under Housing for All to increase supply at local, regional and national level are available to support both Galway local authorities and I will be meeting all local authority Chief Executives including Galway colleagues, as well as the Directors of Housing and Planning, at the end of this month to review progress.
Public housing supply in Galway will continue to be pressed through the Galway Task Force.
In relation to HAP tenancies in Galway, by the end of Q3 2023, there were 1,954 active HAP tenancies in the Galway City Council area. The equivalent figures in Galway County Council area are 1,446 active HAP tenancies to Q3 of 2023.
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