774. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the house building allocation targets for counties Kildare, Fingal, Wicklow, Meath and Louth, respectively as per the housing supply target methodology for the duration of the current development plans. [57121/23]

Ministerial Guidelines - ‘Housing Supply Target Methodology for Development Planning, Guidelines for Planning Authorities’ under Section 28 of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended), were issued to all local authorities in December 2020. The Guidelines introduced a standardised national approach, based on ESRI data, to be applied by each planning authority in projecting Housing Supply Targets for each specific six-year period, when reviewing city or county development plans, that are consistent with adopted national and regional growth targets in the National Planning Framework and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies.

The Housing Supply Target is quantified as an overall number of housing units to be planned for in the development plan process of each local authority. The guidelines issued provide a clear and consistent approach for local authorities when preparing county and city development plans in relation to future housing development.

The targets adopted, as contained in the respective adopted development plans are contained in the table below.