Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1111.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of acquiring 1, 2, 3 and 4-bed homes, per unit in Dublin under the various different acquisitions programmes and schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32495/24]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1112.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of acquiring 1, 2, 3 and 4 bed homes, per unit, outside Dublin under the various different acquisitions programmes and schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32496/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1111 and 1112 together.

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).

Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes across the build acquisition and lease delivery streams.

For 2023 the Government agreed that there would be increased provision for social housing acquisitions and my Department provided funding local authorities to acquire at least 1,500 social homes. The additional acquisitions have primarily focused on properties where a tenant is in receipt of social housing supports and has received a Notice of Termination due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property.

For 2024, Government has again agreed to an increased provision to acquire 1,500 social homes with the primary focus on properties where a tenant is in receipt of social housing supports and has received a Notice of Termination due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property. My Department issued a circular letter in March 2024, setting out details of these arrangements and each local authority was provided with a provisional allocation for social housing acquisitions in 2024.

Local authorities have delegated sanction in relation to these acquisitions, subject to those acquisitions being within Acquisition Cost Guidelines (ACGs) issued by the Department. An independent valuation must also be obtained for each acquisition, in line with established practice for local authorities for social housing acquisitions. The current Acquisition Cost Guidelines were updated and issued to local authorities in April 2024.

The ACGs provide cost guidelines for the acquisition by housing authorities, of second-hand properties for the provision of social housing. These guidelines reference lower and upper cost ranges, along with an average/benchmark cost, which is representative of the average range of current (at the time of issue) prices across the local authority area.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority, including completed acquisitions. From 2023, this data includes a breakdown of acquisitions completed by each local authority where a Notice of Termination issued to a tenant and is available, for all local authorities, to the end of Quarter 1 2024 on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1113.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated per year cost of planned Part V purchases under Housing for All, the projected cost per unit for 1, 2, 3 and 4-bed homes; the number planned to be purchased for each year, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/24]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1128.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing Part V to 25% social and 25% affordable over the next five years and in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32513/24]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1129.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of purchasing 50% rather than the minimum of 10% under the Part V requirements or 20% under the new part V requirements of all residential units due to be completed in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32514/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1113, 1128 and 1129 together.

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).

Housing for All required each local authority to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan to address social and affordable housing needs in their areas over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. The Plans include details of planned local authority, AHB and Part V delivery for social housing schemes. A copy of each local authority's Housing Delivery Action Plan is available on their websites.

Amendments to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 were introduced via the Affordable Housing Act 2021 which was passed by the Oireachtas in July 2021. These amendments were on foot of the commitment made in the Programme for Government and increase the contribution under Part V from 10% to 20% to include affordable and cost rental housing.

It is not possible to provide details of average unit costs or the total cost of future social or affordable homes delivered through Part V due to a number of factors. These factors include variables such as unit type, land cost, development and construction costs, cost and source of finance, together with ongoing maintenance and management fees, etc. Further details of the cost of units delivered through Part V will be available following the completion of projects.

My Department publishes statistics of housing delivered through Part V on a quarterly basis. This data is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/fd048-affordable-housing-and-part-v-statistics/#part-v-scheme

My Department does not hold any information relating to the cost of increasing the Part V contribution and due to the range of issues outlined above, it is not possible to provide such an estimate.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1114.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority in 2022 and 2023; the average cost of each home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32498/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Based on the funding drawn down by the local authorities from my Department, the table below sets out the average costs for Part V properties acquired by each local authority in 2022 and 2023 as new social homes. It does not include data on Part V properties for social housing acquired by AHBs.

Individual local authority and annual data can be influenced by individual transactions for Part V properties that might involve an unusually high number of properties or may involve costs that are notably high or low in an individual situation.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1115.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the construction cost of building 1, 2, 3 and 4-bed homes on local authority land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32499/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The relevant details are being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1116.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built by local authorities or AHBs under each different funding stream; the cost, size and county of each of these homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32500/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes an average of 10,000 new build social homes each year in the period to 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.

Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes; 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. Increased delivery of social housing is a key Housing for All objective and is supported through a range of funding streams delivered via local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The number of completed new build social homes, and the number in the pipeline, continues to grow year-on-year, with new construction projects added to the pipeline regularly.

Housing for All required each local authority to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan to address social and affordable housing needs in their areas over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. The Plans include details of planned local authority, AHB and Part V delivery for social housing schemes. A copy of each local authority's Housing Delivery Action Plan is available on their websites.

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 Quarter 1 2024 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/

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 1 2024. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/

Cost information on the delivery of social homes through the various construction streams, is collated by my Department at development/project level rather than at individual housing unit level. The cost of constructing new homes is dependent on a range of variables, such as the location, the scale of the development and the size and type of the homes involved.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1117.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable to purchase homes have been delivered by each individual council over 2022 and 2023; the cost to the Exchequer of these homes, broken down by council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks.

Following the publication of Housing for All in September 2021, I asked all local authorities to prepare Housing Delivery Action Plans. Each local authority was asked to assess the level of new housing demand with affordability constraint projected for their area based on the Housing Need and Demand Assessment Tool and plan their provision accordingly. Each local authority's Action Plan is available on their official website.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years 2022 and 2023 and for the first quarter of 2024 is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/?#affordable-housing-delivery

Individual scheme information has been published in advertisements on local authority websites. Schemes being advertised are now also available in a single location on the Affordable Homes website, www.affordablehomes.ie.

The Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) is made available to local authorities for the provision of affordable homes. Subventions ranging from €50,000 to €100,000 are available to support local authorities to bring forward suitable homes which can be offered for purchase at an affordable price. The Exchequer contribution represents 95% of the subvention with the remaining 5% being contributed by the Local Authority. The information on costings requested is not available in the format requested but may be available from the individual local authorities.