Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 627 and 628 together.

Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes. Capital expenditure on the delivery of new social homes is also supported by current funding provided through the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP).

In 2023, Exchequer expenditure on the delivery of new build social homes amounted to €1.6bn. More broadly, the 2023 Exchequer expenditure on the delivery of social homes through the various build, acquisition and lease mechanisms amounted to €2.3bn.

In respect of the Energy Efficient Retrofit Programme (EERP), a new holistic approach was applied to the programme in 2021, designed around the Programme for Government's commitment, led by the Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications, that calls for the 'retrofit' of 500,000 homes to a B2 (BER)/Cost Optimal Equivalent standard by 2030, of which, approximately 36,500 are expected to be local authority owned homes, with grant funding provided by my Department for those local authority housing retrofits.

The EERP budget allocated to the local authority programme in 2023 provided funding support of €87 million, with the average funding recouped to local authorities per dwelling amounting to €31,461 last year.