Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 June 2026
207. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and affordable cost rental homes delivered in each local authority area in the past five years; the projected number of affordable purchase and cost rental homes to be delivered in each local authority area over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48353/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities, reinforces and expands the range of existing affordable housing measures being implemented by the Government. In particular, a new Starter Homes Programme, which is a central component of the plan, aims to deliver an average of 15,000 affordable housing supports annually to 2030.
To underpin the delivery of this Starter Homes Programme, the Government is investing an unprecedented level of funding, including a number of important affordability measures, supported by an investment package of direct Exchequer funding, investment through the Land Development Agency and lending by the Housing Finance Agency.
This expanded delivery, under the new housing plan, will build upon the significant progress already made under our previous plan Housing for All published in 2021, with over 22,000 affordable housing supports having been delivered from 2021 to the end of 2025.
My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis, including for social housing provision and starter home delivery activity by local authority and delivery partners, for each local authority area. Data from 2022 to the end of 2025 is currently published on the statistics page of my Department’s website: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/overall-social-and-affordable-housing-provision/
Under the new housing plan, all local authorities are now required to prepare new Housing Delivery Action Plans (HDAPs), replacing their existing action plans, to be completed during 2026. These HDAPs will identify affordable starter home need within each local authority area and set out how this will be met, over the lifetime of the plan.
My Department, along with the Housing Agency and the Housing Delivery Co-ordination Office of the Local Government Management Association, continues to be available to advise and support all local authorities in providing starter home solutions that will respond effectively to identified affordability needs within their areas.
