Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2025
345. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Mayo County Council has delivered only 3% of its 2025 social housing target to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67927/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra346. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which Mayo County Council will meet its cumulative Housing for All target of 730 units by 2026, given that only 3% of this year's target has been delivered to date and only 304 units were delivered against a target of 395 in 2022-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67928/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra347. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct Mayo County Council to publish a quarterly dashboard of housing delivery progress, including commencements, completions, and pipeline projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67929/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 345, 346 and 347 together.
Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan. This Plan sets out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. Mayo County Council's Plan has been published on their own website at the following link: www.mayo.ie/en-ie/your-council/services/housing-services/social-housing/housing-delivery-action-plan.
Details on Mayo County Council’s social housing delivery progress are available in the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), which is published by my Department on a quarterly basis. The CSR provides details on social housing developments and their location that have commenced onsite, have completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for quarter two 2025. Data for quarter three is currently being collated. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/. A version of the CSR file can also be downloaded for analysis by local authority, location etc. at this link: https://data.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q3-2024.
According to the latest CSR, there were 483 homes at various stages of design and procurement in Mayo at the end of June 2025, including 109 homes onsite.
My Department also publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority, on a local authority basis. This data is available to the end of Q2 2025 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/.
Further housing data, including data on planning permissions, commencements and new dwelling completions is published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on a quarterly basis and is available on the CSO website at Housing Hub - Central Statistics Office www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/hubs/p-hh/housinghub/.
Typically social housing delivery accelerates as the year the progresses, with most delivery occurring in the last quarter each year.
My Department issued Mayo County Council sanction for an additional 11 posts for the delivery of social housing projects and my Department proactively engages with all local authorities, approved housing bodies and all stakeholders to increase social housing delivery.
