Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding allocated to Cork city Council for housing delivery in 2023 and 2024; and the projected allocation for 2025. [51981/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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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).

My Department does not provide specific allocations to local authorities, rather funding for housing programmes is made to the local authorities as programmes and projects advance and relevant claims fall due for payment.

The funding provided in 2023 and 2024 and to end August 2025 to Cork City Council in respect of housing delivery programmes is set out in the table below.

In relation to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), Limerick City and County Council provides a highly effective HAP transactional shared service on behalf of all local authorities. This HAP Shared Services Centre (SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord. The Department does not recoup individual local authorities in respect of HAP rental payments in their administrative areas but rather recoups all landlord costs via the HAP SSC.

In 2025, Government has allocated almost €7.5bn in capital investment for Housing, inclusive of Land Development Agency investment (projected up to €1.25bn) and Housing Finance Agency (HFA) lending (projected €1.65bn). The 2025 capital funding is supplemented by €1.65 billion in current funding to address housing needs.