Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what affordable housing will be or has been provided in Cherrywood in return for the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund providing funding; the price of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29128/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was a scheme initiated in 2016 under the previous Rebuilding Ireland plan which funded the building of public infrastructure by local authorities. Its objective is to provide public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages to housing delivery. This enables the accelerated delivery of housing on key development sites in Dublin and in urban areas of high demand.

The Cherrywood LIHAF infrastructure project consists of 3 Phases. Phase 1 - New N11 junction 'Q' at Druid Glen Road is complete; Phase 2 - Druid's Glen Road (road only); Druid’s Glen Bridge - (short bridge structure transversing valley) is under construction with completion anticipated in 2024; and preparations are under way for Phase 3 - Druid's Glen Road.

The LIHAF scheme pre-dates the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and the current affordable housing scheme. As part of the original agreement in 2017 to provide the funding for the infrastructure, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) agreed a local agreement with the relevant developers to provide cost reductions on housing on the adjacent sites. DLRCC has advised that cost reductions amounting to €11.39 million were agreed to be applied across the relevant units at the time. It is understood that engagement between DLRCC and the relevant developers on this matter is ongoing.