Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units completed and occupied in each local authority area to date in 2025; and the targets for completion by year end. [62967/25]

Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing body units completed in Dublin for the past five years, by postal code, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63360/25]

Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct-build local authority homes delivered and currently under construction, by local authority, between the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63652/25]

Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of turn-key acquisitions of homes for social housing, by local authority area, between the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63654/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 562, 587, 598 and 600 together.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority, on a local authority basis. Data on social housing delivery against targets is also published. This data is available to the end of Q2 2025 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: .

My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), which provides details of social housing developments, their location and their funding programme, such as turnkey or construction, 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 2 2025 and it includes details on social housing units completed since 2022. Data on social homes completed prior to 2022 can be found in previous CSRs. All CSRs are available at the following link:

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

The Housing Needs and Demand Assessment provides evidence-based insights into housing needs across all tenures analysing demographic trends, affordability data and housing stock pressures. This framework allows local authorities to make informed decisions about future housing requirements. Following a comprehensive Housing Needs and Demand Assessment, all local authorities developed and published their Housing Delivery Action Plans setting out their plans to deliver social and affordable housing during the period from 2022-2026.

Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently published summary for all counties, conducted in November 2024, is available on my Department's website at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments.

My Department does not collate data on the level of occupation of local authority dwellings. Such information may be obtained from individual local authorities.

Statistics in relation to local authority social housing stock are published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in the annual Local Authority Performance Indicator Report. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the number of social housing units in local authority ownership at a given time. The most recent report, relating to 2024, is available on the NOAC website at the following link: .

The Government’s new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities aims to deliver 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030 including delivering an average of 12,000 new build social homes per annum in the period 2025 - 2030.

The updated National Development Plan has committed record levels of funding for new social and affordable housing, totalling almost €20 billion. In Budget 2026, the total Exchequer funding being made available for the delivery of housing programmes is €7.21bn, comprising €5.19bn in Capital Funding and €2.021bn in Current Funding. The Exchequer Capital provision of €5.19bn will be supplemented by Land Development Agency (LDA) investment (projected up to €1.6bn) and Housing Finance Agency (HFA) lending (projected over €2bn), resulting in an overall capital provision of over €9bn.

Local authorities are best placed to identify suitable sites for social and affordable housing delivery and bring forward proposals to my Department in line with local need. Government is fully committed to working with all stakeholders to deliver social, affordable and cost rental homes at scale and to continue accelerating housing supply across all tenures.