1712. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual housing delivery targets for North Kildare, including social, affordable and cost rental units; and to provide an update on progress against these targets for 2024–2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60101/26]

My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority, including for County Kildare. These statistics provide delivery data at local authority level. Data on new-build delivery, including progress against individual local authority targets, is available to Q1 2026 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link:www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/.

My Department also publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), which provides details of social housing developments and their locations, including developments in North Kildare, that have been completed, are under construction, or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender process. The most recent publication relates to Q1 2026. All CSRs are available at the following link:www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/social-housing-construction-projects-status-reports/.

A downloadable version of the CSR is also available for analysis by local authority, location, and other relevant categories, at the following link: opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/social-housing-construction-status-report-q1-2026.

Under the new housing plan ‘Delivering Homes, Building Communities’, each local authority, including Kildare County Council, will prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan (HDAP) setting out its planned delivery of social and starter homes to 2030, in line with targets to be set by my Department to ensure the 72,000 social homes and 90,000 starter home supports are delivered nationwide by 2030.

Each local authority’s implementation of the Starter Homes Programme will be informed by local need, as identified by the Housing Needs and Demand Assessment framework, taking into account the need to provide the right mix of homes within their area. Planned social housing delivery will have regard to need as identified through social housing waiting lists. Accordingly, Starter Home targets will be agreed as part of the HDAP process.

Existing HDAPs run to the end of 2026. The new HDAPs, which will run to 2030, will be in place by the end of Q3 2026. Each local authority's current HDAP is published on its website.