Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Cork county in each of the past five years; the total amount planned for 2024; the total funding allocated each year to the local authority to supply affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30175/24]

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Cork city in each of the past five years; the total amount planned for 2024; the total funding allocated each year to the local authority to supply affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30174/24]

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing schemes which have been provided in Cork south west to date; and the details of future plans for affordable housing projects in the area. [29669/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 391, 392 and 432 together.

Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030 including 54,000 affordable homes to be delivered by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the Land Development Agency and through the First Home Scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks.

Funding under the various affordable housing streams is made available on a programme basis in support of approved affordable homes delivery, rather than by allocations to counties.

Local authorities have published 5 year Housing Delivery Action Plans setting out affordable housing delivery targets up to 2026. These plans relate to planned delivery for which the local authority is directly responsible and do not include additional affordable homes that will be delivered by the Land Development Agency (LDA), Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and via the higher Part V requirements introduced in the Affordable Housing Act 2021. The plans published by Cork City and Cork County councils are available on their official websites.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by Local Authorities, Approved Housing Bodies and the Land Development Agency 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: . Data is currently being verified for Quarter 1 2024, which I anticipate my Department will be in a position to report on delivery shortly.

Both councils continue to expand and develop their affordable housing delivery programmes and to work with all delivery partners to ensure an effective response to the affordable housing need identified in Cork City and County.