Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to deliver 1,500 social homes using modular building technology, including a list of projects proposed to date, by local authority, with information on number of units involved and stage of delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26671/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has been identified as a key measure to address the different housing needs in Ireland and methods to support the development of MMC in Ireland are set out in Housing for All.

In December 2022, funding of €94m was provided to local authorities to address legacy land debts. The provision of this funding was linked to the immediate development of a housing proposal, a commitment to use Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and for construction to start in 2023 or no later than 2024. A total of 26 sites received funding as part of an accelerated delivery programme, and with some additional sites since added, my Department is overseeing a project to progress delivery of MMC projects on 36 sites which will deliver more than 1,500 new social homes across 13 local authorities.

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. This data is available to the end of Q4 2023, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: - Data for Q1 2024 is currently being collated and will be published shortly.

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:

The table below shows the breakdown of the sites in the programme by local authority.