Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful STAR applications; the recipient of each of these awards, the name of the scheme to which each award has been awarded; the number of cost rental units in each of these schemes; and the amount awarded to each scheme, in tabular form. [17965/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the target for delivery of cost rental homes by the LDA under Project Tosaigh by 2026 and 2028; the total number of cost rental homes delivered to date under this scheme; the total number in the pipeline; the estimated delivery date for the schemes in the pipeline; if he is concerned that the 2026 target may not be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17966/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established with a focus on managing the State’s lands to develop new homes and regenerate underutilised sites. The Agency has also been tasked with unlocking stalled, private, planning-consented developments in the shorter-term through Project Tosaigh, its market engagement initiative.

The LDA is targeting 8,000 new homes over the course of the Project Tosaigh initiative. They are currently on track to deliver 5,000 new homes for Cost Rental, Affordable Purchase and Social Housing to eligible households by the end of 2026. Under Project Tosaigh Phase 1, over 2,800 Cost Rental, Affordable Purchase or Social Housing homes are already either delivered or under construction.

To deliver the next phase of Project Tosaigh, a framework panel consisting of 15 of Ireland’s largest and most experienced home-builders was established in 2024 to accelerate the delivery of affordable homes. This framework provides a range of delivery partnership options, including construction milestone payment mechanisms. The LDA have entered into two contracts to deliver almost 950 further homes under this procurement framework and three further contracts to deliver over 1,000 homes are approved and in legal drafting. While Project Tosaigh Phase 2 will primarily deliver cost rental homes, affordable purchase homes (in partnership with local authorities) and social housing are also expected to be delivered with the final tenure breakdown not yet settled.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and the Land Development Agency. Data up to and including the third quarter of 2024 is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: