COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, May 25, 2015

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor B. Ferron

"To ask the Chief Executive, in light of the Minister for the Environments announcement regarding housing, can he please provide a report outlining how many units are likely to be built in the area encompassing the two Tallaght Electoral Wards".

REPLY:

The Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government, Alan Kelly, and Minister for State for Housing, Planning & Construction, Paudie Coffey, recently announced the first major direct build social housing programme with the commencement of over 100 separate housing projects nationally.

This is planned to be the first phase of direct-build under the Government’s social housing strategy and €312 million has been approved nationally by the Ministers which will see an additional 1,700 social housing units come on stream by 2017 with an estimated 3,000 additional jobs in construction created. South Dublin County Council received the largest allocation in the state of €40.8 million. The following social housing build schemes have been approved by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG) in the Tallaght area.

Project   Name/Address	Units
Fortunestown (MacUilliam),   Tallaght	28
Suncroft	11
Dromcarra , Tallaght	22
Total	61

 Dromcarra proposal curently on Part 8.

The Council also proposes to deliver the following projects in the Tallaght area. The commencement of these proposed projects will be subject to the necessary approval and funding being available from the DECLG.

St Aidans	50.00
Killinarden [Part of Site], Tallaght	24.00
Maplewood Road, Tallaght	18.00
Fernwood	22.00
Total	114.00