Written answers
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Policy
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the relationship between and the difference between the housing capital allocations of €3.6 billon and €3.8 billion for 2025 referenced by him in the media (details supplied) and the capital allocation for housing of €3.094 billion for 2025 as set out on page 159 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 published by his Department in December 2024. [16908/25]
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarifications to the statement issued by his Department to the media on Sunday 30 March 2025 (details supplied). [17239/25]
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 629 together.
2024 Exchequer expenditure for Programme A - Housing amounted to €5.44bn, as follows:
| 2024 Expenditure* | REV | LPT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | €3.63bn | €78m | €3.71bn |
| Current | €1.66bn | €73m | €1.73bn |
| Total Expenditure | €5.29bn | €151m | €5.44bn |
The 2024 capital REV expenditure figure of €3.63bn in the table above includes Capital Carryover expenditure amounting to €115m, along with a number of virements into Programme A Housing from other programme areas. In line with Public Financial Procedures, capital carryovers and virements would not be accounted for in the figure of €3.46bn quoted on p159 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 (REV).
The breakdown of 2024 Housing Exchequer expenditure is as follows:
| Delivery Streams | 2024 Expenditure €m |
|---|---|
Social Delivery (build, acquisition & lease) | 2,894 |
| RAS | 111 |
| HAP | 523 |
| Affordable Delivery | 761 |
| Homelessness | 385 |
| Other Capital Programmes | 627 |
| Other Current Programmes | 138 |
| Total | 5,439 |
As answered in Dáil Question No 249 on 3 April 2025, the capital funding of €715m is additional to the allocations set out in the 2025 REV.
| - | REV | LPT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
2025 Capital Allocation(as per 2025 REV) | €3.092bn(this is the programme allocation excluding capital admin as per breakdown on page 159 of 2025 REV) | €78m | €3.17bn |
Additional Capital Funding agreed by Government for 2025(to be provided by FREV) | €715m(€450m for social, affordable & cost rental and €265m for acquisitions) | €715m | |
| Total Allocation | €3.807bn | €78m | €3.885bn |
The updated 2025 Housing Subhead allocations will be finalised by my Department as part of that process.
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