Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 January 2023
91. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rural one-off houses completed in each local authority area in 2022; the percentage of overall completions that these houses represent in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3664/23]
View answerData relating to new dwelling completions is published by the CSO on a quarterly basis. There are three new dwelling classification types:- single house, scheme house and apartment. Single dwellings are defined as one-off dwellings connected to the ESB network. The ESB domestic connections dataset provides information on the type of connection and whether it is in an urban or rural area.
CSO data on new dwelling completions is currently available for the first three quarters of 2022. A breakdown of new completions by the three dwelling types in each local authority area is available on the CSO website at www.data.cso.ie. However, the breakdown of single houses by urban or rural area is only available at a nationwide level.
In the first three quarters of 2022, 20,807 new dwellings were completed. This is more than the 20,560 new dwellings completed in the whole of 2021. Of these 20,807 dwellings, 3,221 or 15.5% were single, one-off dwellings in rural areas. The 3,221 single dwellings completed in rural areas represents 81% of the total single dwellings completed nationwide, with the remaining 19% or 753 being completed in urban areas.
