Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 October 2025
267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the annual expenditure on LIHAF; the total number of homes in each year activated via this measure; the total number of discounted homes delivered each year; and the average value of the discount, in tabular form. [52967/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraA total of 24 projects have progressed or are progressing under the LIHAF scheme. The enabling infrastructure has been completed on 16 projects and at the end Quarter 2 2025, €127m in Exchequer grant funding had been awarded under the scheme.
With regard to housing delivery, the 24 LIHAF projects that have progressed or are progressing have committed to deliver circa 16,150 housing units. Local Authorities indicate that a further 5,000 units could arise on the LIHAF sites. In addition, it is estimated that lands outside of the LIHAF sites that benefit from the enabling infrastructure could deliver a further 15,000 homes over time.
At the end of Quarter 2 2025, 8,737 housing units were delivered under the programme on LIHAF sites. Of these, 2,813 units were delivered with cost reduction measures.
The cost reduction measures are delivered in a number of ways. On privately owned sites, a portion of the associated housing is made available to the public for purchase at a reduced cost compared to the open market selling price. For LIHAF Projects on State owned lands, the Local Authority delivers the associated housing with a cost reduction through a range of Affordable and Social Housing schemes.
Due to the variety of delivery arrangements and cost reduction and affordability mechanisms applied across different projects, it is not possible for my Department to report on the average value of the cost-reduced discounts across the scheme as a whole. However, details of the cost reductions associated with the 2,813 homes delivered with cost reduction measures are set out in the following tables.
|
Year |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025* |
TOTAL |
|
LIHAF Exchequer Expenditure |
€1,603,722 |
€6,887,626 |
€22,279,244 |
€29,243,347 |
€16,105,136 |
€17,027,829 |
€20,144,441 |
€11,926,604 |
€2,008,316 |
€127,226,265 |
|
LIHAF Associated Housing delivery |
0 |
679 |
1,159 |
816 |
984 |
1,674 |
1,450 |
1,736 |
239 |
8,737 |
|
Units with LIHAF cost reductions or affordable element applied to OMP** |
0 |
0 |
779 |
467 |
259 |
168 |
421 |
700 |
19 |
2,813 |
*Figures are representative of Q1 and Q2 2025 only
**OMP = Open Market Price
|
LIHAF project |
LIHAF Cost Reductions / Affordable Measure |
|
Glanmire, Cork City |
Cost reductions of €20,000 from the OMP |
|
Donabate, Fingal |
Cost reductions €5,500 from the OMP |
|
Oldtown Mooretown, Fingal |
Cost reductions of €2,500 from the OMP, also 30 2-bed units with an OMP of €290,000 or less |
|
Mungret, Limerick |
Cost reductions of between €6,083.97 for a 2 bedroom unit and €9,328.76 for a three bedroom unit from the OMV |
|
Adamstown, South Dublin |
Units delivered at a sub €300,000 and €320,000 price range |
|
Baldoyle, Fingal |
Cost reductions of €2,800 from the OMP |
|
Midleton Water-Rock, Cork County |
Cost reductions of €20,000 from the OMP |
