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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, October 21, 2019

QUESTION NO. 21

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the CEO to confirm the schedule being followed in respect of new housing developments in Tallaght?"

REPLY:

"The Council Build programme has a total of three projects in The Tallaght Electoral Area which are Part 8 approved and progressing through the tender process. Details of the status of each project is set out below. A detailed Housing Supply Report is presented quarterly to Area Committees with the latest updates on the capital supply programme. The Council is committed to continued social housing delivery through our social housing construction programme and through the planned development of larger Council owned sites across the County.

Build Programme Update within the Tallaght Electoral Area

	Local Electoral Area	Project Name		Total number of units	Current Status
	Tallaght South	St. Catherine’s, Knockmore Avenue, Tallaght		13	Designs being prepared for tender – target Q3 2019
	Tallaght Central	Fernwood & Maplewood, Springfield, Tallaght		40	Clúid Housing have completed tender evaluation and intend to appoint contractor in Q4 2019.
	Tallaght Central	Whitestown Way, Tallaght		81	Clúid Housing have gone to tender and have completed pre-qualification of submissions which will be shortlisted in the coming weeks.
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		Next tranche of Proposed Part 8’s
Local Electoral Area		Scheme Name	Indicative number of units		Status
Tallaght South		Rossfield	2		Plans being designed for redevelopment of this site.
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When the properties are nearing completion, the Allocations Section is notified to start the process of advertising on Choice Based Letting.  At this time, the Housing Contruction Section can only give an indicative timeframe as to the date of handover of the properties.  As soon as the date of handover of the properties are known, the prospective tenants are notified."