Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what is being done to ensure the provision of affordable housing in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42644/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Funding approvals are now in place to support the delivery of over 4,300 affordable homes by 21 local authorities with subsidy from the Affordable Housing Fund. The legislative framework and arrangements in place to support local authority affordable purchase schemes are proving effective.

My Department, in conjunction with the Housing Delivery Co-ordination Office of the Local Government Management Association and the Housing Agency, is available to advise and support local authorities in responding effectively to localised affordability needs i.e. where some new households being formed would not be able to access housing for purchase or rent at prices/rents affordable to them. Department officials met recently with the Monaghan County Council housing delivery team to outline how the Affordable Housing Fund is available to address such needs where identified.

The First Home scheme is also available and actively supporting affordable home purchase nationwide.

The Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund, which includes the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant and the Ready to Build Scheme, is also contributing to addressing the needs of affordably constrained purchasers in both counties.

To review activity to date, affordable housing delivery reports based on quarterly returns received from all local authorities are published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link