Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2026
404. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall cost of the payment and availabilities agreements with AHBs in each of the past five years; and the number of homes these have covered respectively, in tabular form. [18152/26]
View answer405. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall average cost of a payment and availability agreement with AHBs over the 30-year contract. [18154/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together.
The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments. SHCEP funds the Payment & Availability (P&A) costs associated with the leasing of relevant units.
Details of state expenditure on the Social Housing Leasing Programme from 2015 up to the end of 2025 can be found on my Department's website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/overall-social-and-affordable-housing-provision/#social-housing-current-expenditure-programme-shcep.
The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) Spend 2015-2025 spreadsheet may be filtered by both year, local authority and scheme type and also provides the average P&A cost for applicable schemes including, inter alia, CALF, AHB Private Leasing and AHB MTR.
