Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the total amount spent on the housing assistance payment in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [15235/25]

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the total amount spent on housing assistance payment in each of the past five years, by year and the local authority where the recipients are situated, in tabular form. [15236/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on social housing delivery activity in all local authority areas on the statistics page of its website. Data in relation to funding provided by the State for HAP tenancies to end of Q3 2024 can be found on my Department’s website at this link:

assets.gov.ie/289117/f7b6e8f7-927f-42d4-9b3d-188e7ecca467.xlsx

Q4 2024 figures are currently being compiled and will be published when that process is complete.

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the total amount spent on subventions to approved housing bodies, including funding under the capital assistance scheme and capital advance leasing facility, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [15237/25]

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the total amount spent on social housing delivery in each of the past five years, by year and category, including spending on new builds, acquisitions, refurbishments and leasing schemes, in tabular form. [15238/25]

Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide links to official reports, documents and published datasets (details supplied) [15241/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 465, 466 and 469 together.

Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes. Capital expenditure on the delivery of new social homes is also supported by current funding provided through the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP).

The table below sets out the details in respect of social housing expenditure through build, acquisition and lease delivery schemes in each year over the period 2020 – 2023. In relation to 2024 Housing expenditure, this is currently being examined and will be available shortly.

In relation to funding for AHBs, my Department does not fund AHBs directly, rather the funding is provided primarily to the local authorities and also to the Housing Agency, who in turn, release this funding to the AHBs in line with relevant funding scheme conditions. However, the funding provided by my Department in respect of the main range of AHB capital and current funded schemes, in each year over the period 2020 – 2023, is set out in the table below.

Additionally, in respect of AHB related homeless expenditure, financial reports from each of the homeless regions setting out expenditure on homeless services, are published on my Department’s website at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/#local-authority-regional-financial-reports

More broadly, annual expenditure details for all Housing Subheads within my Department’s Vote are set out in my Department’s Appropriation Accounts which are available on the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) website at the following link:

www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/appropriation%20accounts/

My Department's 2024 Appropriation Account is currently being finalised and is due to be submitted to the C&AG shortly.

The 2025 budgetary allocations for all Housing Subheads and the related key performance metrics, are available in the 2025 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which is available at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/e20037-revised-estimates/#2025

In addition, my Department collects and publishes comprehensive data on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and AHBs across the build, acquisition, leasing, RAS and HAP delivery streams. This data is available on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link:

gov.ie - Overall social and affordable housing provision

My Department also publishes the social housing construction projects status report (CSR) which outlines the ongoing delivery of social housing across the country. These reports are available at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/

A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis by local authority, location etc. at the following link:

data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2024

In relation to the Land Development Agency (LDA), the Annual Reports, including the annual Financial Statements, are available on the Agency’s website at the following link:

lda.ie/about-us/publications/annual-reports