Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes built and acquired in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [8073/25]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for delivery of social homes in each of the past ten years and for the next five years. [8074/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 560 and 561 together.

Under Housing for All, the Government aims to deliver 47,600 new build social homes and a further 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Under the plan, there was provision for 200 social housing acquisitions each year. However, for 2023 and 2024, the Government agreed that there would be increased provision for social housing acquisitions and the Department would

fund local authorities to acquire at least 1,500 social homes.My Department publishes figures on social housing delivery progress against targets. This data is available from 2016 to Q3 2024 and can be found at this link www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.

In September 2021, local authorities were issued build and long-term leasing targets for the period 2022 to 2026. Under Housing for All long-term leasing will be phased out by 2026. The table below sets out the targets for 2025 and 2026.

The revised national housing targets will inform the revision to existing social housing targets. Work is ongoing in this regard.

Comprehensive data on social housing delivery activity covering the period in question up to Quarter 3 2024 is published on my Department's website: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.

My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), which 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.

The most recent publication was for Quarter 3 2024. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/.

Data for Q4 2024 are currently being collated.

Significant progress is being made to deliver the ambitious targets contained in Housing for All and my Department is working closely with the local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies and other stakeholders to accelerate the delivery of social and affordable housing.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each housing body in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the number of houses delivered by each body in each of those years; and what the targets were in each of those years. [8077/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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There are a broad range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social and affordable housing and related supports in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The funding is primarily provided by my Department directly to local authorities, and to the Housing Agency in respect of the Cost Rental Equity Loan Scheme, who in turn release this funding to the AHBs in line with relevant funding scheme conditions.

Details on the funding provided to each individual AHB is not readily available within my Department. However, for the period 2015 to 2023, over €4.3 billion was provided by my Department in respect of a range of AHB capital and current funded schemes, as set out in the table below. 2024 housing expenditure is currently being finalised within my Department and will be available on completion of the Departments 2024 Appropriation Account.

My Department collects, collates and publishes data on a local authority basis and publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity in each local authority. This data is available to the end of Q3 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/.

Data for Q4 2024 is currently being collated and will be published in due course.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the lowest and highest amount paid by a buyer for an affordable home in each of the past ten years. [8078/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme (LAAPS), as provided for under Part 2 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021 (the Act), is the successor to various now-discontinued affordable schemes previously implemented through Local Authorities. All previous affordable housing schemes were stood down in 2011.

The Affordable Housing (No.2) Regulations 2023 prescribe how the minimum purchase price to be paid by an eligible applicant for a home under an affordable purchase arrangement should be calculated and sets the level of the affordable dwelling contribution. The affordable dwelling contribution is the amount paid by the local authority to make up the difference between the market price of the home and the purchasing power of the affordable purchaser, which should be at least 5% and not greater than 40% of the market value of the home concerned. Within these parameters, the actual upfront price paid by the purchaser is determined by the household’s purchasing power and will vary in each individual case.

In line with the Act, the administration of LAAPS is a matter for each local authority who will have the specific information sought relating to the amounts paid by buyers for an affordable purchase scheme home in their functional area.

Each affordable purchase housing scheme is publicly advertised by the local authority concerned and the public notices include details of the minimum and maximum discounted affordable sales prices at which the various housing types on offer in the scheme will be made available to eligible affordable housing candidates.

Comprehensive programme-level statistics are published by my Department on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years 2022 and 2023 and quarters 1, 2 and 3 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