Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2023
342. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons currently on Kildare County Council's housing list, or awaiting approval for such list; the expected progress in early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23988/23]
View answerDetails 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 recent summary for all local authority areas, including Kildare County Council, was, conducted in November 2022 and is available on my Department’s website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments/
I remain focused on delivering Housing for All, which contains the right mix of ambition, guaranteed funding, reform, new initiatives and stability of policy to support the delivery of social and affordable housing. The pipeline is strong, with over 19,000 social homes either onsite or at design and tender stage. 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, including Kildare. This data is available to the end of Quarter 4 2022, 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 also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR). 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 4 2022. All Construction Status Reports 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 of completions, locations, approvals stage etc at the following link: data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2022?package_type=dataset.
Finally, a key action of Housing for All required local authorities to develop a Housing Delivery Action Plan, to include details of social and affordable housing delivery, as appropriate, over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. The Plans have been published on the respective local authority websites. A copy of the Kildare County Council Plan can be accessed at kildarecoco.ie/YourCouncil/Publications/Housing/Kildare%20County%20Council%20Housing%20Delivery%20Action%20Plan.pdf.
