Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2026
414. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure on social housing acquisitions for each year from 2020 to 2025 and the allocation for 2026; and the number of units purchased with this funding in each year with a breakdown by category (i.e. tenant-in-situ, vacant acquisition etc.), in tabular form. [13890/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraComprehensive programme-level statistics for social housing delivery to end Q3 2025 are published on my Department's website, including for social housing acquisitions. The units purchased and amounts recouped to local authorities in each year for purchases, including preliminary data for 2025, are summarised in the table.
|
Year |
Total Units |
Capital Expenditure recouped to Local Authorities for Acquisitions |
|
2020 |
1,314 |
€278m |
|
2021 |
1,262 |
€272m |
|
2022 |
960 |
€169m |
|
2023 |
1,830 |
€417m |
|
2024 |
1,501 |
€520m |
|
2025 |
775 |
€290m* |
Q4 2025 delivery statistics are currently being compiled and validated and will be published in due course. An analysis of acquisitions across all categories between 2023 and 2025 is currently underway and should be completed when the Q4 2025 social housing delivery data are published.
I expect the parameters of the 2026 Second Hand Acquisitions Programme to be notified to individual local authorities in the coming weeks. In the interim, local authorities have been authorised to enter into commitments for 2026 up to a value of 30% of their original 2025 acquisitions budget. This flexibility effectively provides for a multi-annual approach to programme delivery, facilitating local authorities to plan and progress acquisitions between annual programmes, and from one year to the next, with a higher level of certainty vis-à-vis future funding availability.
My Department will continue to engage with individual local authorities as needed to ensure they can continue progressing acquisitions pending rollout of the full details of the 2026 Second Hand Acquisitions Programme.
