Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 November 2025
316. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the 2024 expenditure and 2025 allocation, under sub head A3, by funding stream including SHIP, Land Acquisition fund, development levy waiver refund etc. [62504/25]
View answerThe funding for 2025 for local authority housing is provided under Subhead A.3 which is the primary capital budget for the delivery of new permanent social housing through local authorities. There is no allocation for the individual programmes within this subhead, rather funding for these programmes is provided from the overall subhead allocation as published in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV).
The details requested in relation to 2024 expenditure under housing subhead A.3 Local Authority Housing is provided in the table below.
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Social Housing Capital Investment Programme |
€1,653m |
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Development Contribution Waiver Scheme |
€255m |
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Non-Delivery Expenditure |
€21m |
The Housing for All Land Acquisition Fund was established in 2022 to support local authorities acquiring sites for social housing delivery with €125m provided in funding in 2022. In 2023 the Fund was extended and expanded to include the acquisition of sites for social, affordable and mixed tenure developments with additional funding of €114m provided in respect of social and affordable housing delivery. There was no funding provided in 2024 or 2025. The Fund is managed by the Housing Agency with financial statements published on their website.
