Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that will be allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; when this funding will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7605/25]

Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that was allocated to South Dublin County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7606/25]

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant-in-situ cases that have been approved in 2025 by Cork County Council; the number currently pending; and when these will be processed. [8166/25]

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant-in-situ cases approved in 2024 by Cork County Council. [8167/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 517, 518, 567 and 568 together.

The Tenant in Situ Acquisitions Programme was introduced by way of Government decision in 2023. It was originally intended as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants.

A further Government decision extended the programme into 2024 with approval granted for 1,300 Tenant in Situ acquisitions in addition to the 200 priority acquisitions target for 2024 contained in Housing for All.

It is a matter for individual local authorities to identify suitable acquisitions in line with local circumstances and their social housing allocations policy. Local authorities take appropriate steps to ensure that their first response will be to support households to prevent homelessness in cases where tenants have been served with a notice of termination by their landlord. A local authority will assess the options available in each case and decide the appropriate action.

My Department does not hold data on the number of social housing acquisitions under consideration by each local authority. This information may be available from individual local authorities.

A decision on a tenant in situ programme for 2025 is expected to be made by Government shortly and will be notified to local authorities thereafter.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. Comprehensive data on social and affordable housing is published on my Department's website up to Quarter 3 2024, including completed acquisitions:

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Data for all of these schemes up to Q4 2024 is being collected and collated.