Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 October 2025
49. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the housing schemes in Ros a Mhíl and Eanach Mheáin currently owned by an organisation (details supplied); if funding will be given from his Department to ensure that these homes will be used for social and affordable housing for the Gaeltacht community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53457/25]
View answerMy Department has provided funding approval for Ros a Mhíl and Eanach Mheáin social housing developments under the Capital Assistance Scheme, with initial funding already provided for the purchase of the relevant sites.
In the meantime, the respective projects, which were to be developed by a local Approved Housing Body, have encountered difficulties.
Feasibility studies and cost reports on the sites, which will also be funded my Department, are currently being reviewed amid ongoing discussions with Galway County Council. The primary focus of these discussions is how best these projects can be brought into full productive use for social housing, having regard to the full range of options being considered by the AHB and Galway County Council.
All options will be considered, and my Department will continue to work with Galway County Council to identify the best path forward, mindful of the need to strike an appropriate balance between safeguarding public funds and ascertaining good value-for-money on the one hand, and making full use of the properties and providing much needed social housing in the area on the other.
