COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 14, 2025

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Y. Collins

To ask the Chief Executive to set out measures in place, and proposed, to assist in the establishment of a new Housing Activation Office intended to accelerate infrastructure and housing delivery.

REPLY:

The Programme for Government 2025 'Securing Ireland’s Future', provides for the establishment of a national Strategic Housing and Infrastructure Delivery Office under the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The Housing Activation Office (HAO) will focus on infrastructure needed at a local level to support housing delivery on multiple sites, including the social and community infrastructure needed to support the development of sustainable communities. It will identify and deliver those actions needed to accelerate the delivery of necessary public infrastructure and will have an operational function to unblock issues on the ground.

Our Planning and Transport and Housing Directorates will work closely with the HAO to ensure alignment with the National Planning Framework and the new National Housing Plan.