Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will provide, in tabular form, Kerry County Council’s social housing targets, units delivered and by whom since the launch of Rebuilding Ireland in July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20843/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Under Rebuilding Ireland individual local authority social housing delivery targets were set for the period 2018 - 2021. For Kerry the Build, Acquisition and Leasing Target was 1,544 social homes.

Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The table below sets out the Build and Long-Term Lease targets for Kerry County Council.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and AHBs in each local authority area. This data is available to the end of 2023 and is published on the statistics' page of my Department’s website at the following link:

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. This includes details of which local authority or AHB delivered or is delivering the development. The most recent publication was for Quarter 4 2023. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link:

A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis by local authority, funding stream etc. at this link:

Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant, which are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. The detailed administration of these schemes, including assessment, approval and prioritisation, is the responsibility of local authorities.

Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. My Department is engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform on the recommendations in the report with a view to bringing forward amendments to the relevant Regulations governing the schemes as soon as possible with a view to also publishing the final report.