Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 September 2026
100. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected delivery time of the 10,200 new-build social homes planned for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69321/26]
View answerThe Government's Housing Plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities aims to deliver 300,000 new homes in the period to 2030, including 72,000 social homes. The Plan seeks to enable significant scaling up of delivery of new build social homes to an average of 12,000 per year. The plan includes key measures to support local authorities to scale up delivery commensurate with the increased targets under the plan.
The social housing build target for 2026 is 10,200 homes. Building on the record delivery of more than 9,000 social homes in 2025, there is a strong approved pipeline of projects in place for 2026 delivery, which suggests, subject to projects being satisfactorily progressed on site by local authorities and AHBs, that the 2026 target can be achieved.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies for each local authority area. Data is currently available to the end of Q1 2026 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 data on social housing delivery at local authority level. The Social Housing Construction Status report (CSR), published quarterly by my Department, can be searched by location. It can be found at this link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/.
This report provides a breakdown of local authority and Approved Housing Body social housing new-build activity including scheme-level details on the completion of social housing new builds as well as information on each construction scheme as it progresses through the design and tender processes. The latest CSR provides data to the end of Q1 2026.
Data for Q2 is being collated and will be available in due course.
