Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 May 2024
297. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if will provide, in tabular form, Kerry County Council’s social housing targets, units delivered and by whom since the launch of Rebuilding Ireland in July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20843/24]
View answerUnder Rebuilding Ireland individual local authority social housing delivery targets were set for the period 2018 - 2021. For Kerry the Build, Acquisition and Leasing Target was 1,544 social homes.
Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The table below sets out the Build and Long-Term Lease targets for Kerry County Council.
|
- - |
Target Build & Lease |
Target Long-Term Lease |
Target Build |
|
2022 |
346 |
31 |
315 |
|
2023 |
269 |
8 |
261 |
|
2024 |
275 |
8 |
267 |
|
2025 |
287 |
- |
287 |
|
2026 |
293 |
- |
- |
My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and AHBs in each local authority area. This data is available to the end of 2023 and is published on the statistics' page of my Department’s website at the following link: https://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. This includes details of which local authority or AHB delivered or is delivering the development. The most recent publication was for Quarter 4 2023. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link: https://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, funding stream etc. at this link: https://data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q4-2023
