Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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1656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated delivery timeline for housing on the Oscar Traynor Road site; the unit breakdown, by tenure type and expected completion phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43966/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The development of the lands at Oscar Traynor Road is a strategically important element of Dublin City Council's social and affordable delivery programme, involving the delivery of 853 social, cost rental and affordable purchase homes with accompanying community and crèche buildings in multiple phases.

It involves delivery of 343 social homes, 340 cost rental homes, and 170 affordable purchase homes.

Dublin City Council has informed my Department that the project will be delivered on a phased basis between 2025-2027.

Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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1657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing starts and completions, by delivery stream; and the cost per unit in the Dublin north-west area. [43967/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), on a quarterly basis. The CSR 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 1 2025. All CSRs 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 this link:

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. This data is available to the end of Q1 2025, 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/.

My Department assesses, approves and records local authority social housing delivery on a project basis. In order to provide an appropriate benchmark to use as a tool to inform the development and costing of scheme designs at capital appraisal stage, my Department periodically issues Basic Unit Costs (BUCs), for each local authority area.

To monitor tender cost trends and to inform BUC levels, my Department analyses the tender data for the construction cost element of new build schemes approved under the four stage approval processes for each unit type, where sufficient information is available to allow such costs to be extrapolated and where the information available is appropriate for comparison purposes.

The most recent Basic Unit Costs (BUCs) and Acquisition Cost Guidelines (ACGs) were issued in Q2 2025.

A copy of the BUCs and ACGs have been provided to all local authorities and can be made available to public representatives on request.