Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to increase the targets for affordable housing for Cork city and Cork County Council. [46844/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government has recently revised its housing targets for 2025 to 2030, targeting delivery of some 303,000 new homes over the period, with an average of over 50,000 homes per year by 2030 and a pathway to delivering 60,000 homes annually in 2030 and thereafter.

Tenure specific targets for social, affordable, and private rental and private ownership homes will fall to be considered by the Government in the near future, with the breakdown of individual targets for local authorities following on from that and likely in tandem with the development of a new Housing Plan as referenced in the Programme for Government.

The revised housing targets reflect Ireland’s growing housing needs driven by increases in population and employment, and latent and ongoing demand for housing.

It is important to note that the Affordable Housing Fund is open to all local authorities, to assist in the ongoing development and delivery of suitable affordable purchase and cost rental housing schemes in response to identified local needs.

Cork City and Cork County councils both continue to work proactively, in conjunction with all delivery partners, to expand and develop their affordable housing delivery programmes and to ensure an effective response to the affordable housing needs identified across their functional areas.