Marie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build LDA homes delivered and that are currently under construction, by local authority, between the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63653/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Affordability and the chance to own a home is at the heart of Government’s housing policy, as embodied within the new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030. The plan reinforces and expands the range of existing measures being implemented by Government to tackle the issues of supply and affordability, thereby supporting the increased provision of new homes to purchase and rent.

Amongst the many measures announced, the plan provides for an expanded remit for the Land Development Agency (LDA), which will enable the agency to support the acceleration of supply of new starter homes, providing thousands of individuals and families with increased access to secure and affordable housing solutions nationwide.

Along with the LDA’s role in managing the State’s own lands to develop new homes, and regenerate under-utilised sites, the LDA is also tasked in the short-term to unlock stalled private planning-consented developments through its market engagement and homebuilder partnership initiative - Project Tosaigh. In addition, the LDA also works in partnership with Local Authorities to develop large-scale mixed tenure schemes of affordable and social housing on local authority owned sites.

Through these various delivery channels, the LDA has delivered more than 2,000 homes to date, are currently working on a pipeline of a further 27,000 homes, and are active on over 40 sites with a series of projects at every stage from design and planning through to construction. More details of direct delivery projects and their current status are available on the LDA’s website via the following link: lda.ie/projects.

Finally, 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 second quarter of 2025 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.