Ivana Bacik
Question:361. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing commencements and completions by each local authority to date in 2023. [33632/23]
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Data on commencement of residential dwellings are published monthly on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/a5cb1-construction-activity-starts/.
Data on dwelling completions is published quarterly on the Central Statistics Office's website at the following link: www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ndc/newdwellingcompletionsq12023/data/.
Housing for All is working and delivery is increasing. We have made a very positive start to 2023 across the key leading construction indicators.
The most recent data show almost 28,000 homes commenced construction in the year to end-May, with almost 13,000 of these commencing between January and May, the most for this period since records began in 2014 and 7% higher than the in same in period last year. More than 3,000 homes commenced construction in May alone, up 11% on the same month in 2022.
At the same time, more than 6,700 homes were completed in Q1 2023, a 19% increase on the same period last year and the most completions since Q1 2011; while almost 31,000 homes were completed in the 12-months to end-March 2023, the first time since 2009 rolling 12-month home completions surpassed 30,000.
I am optimistic, given recent upward trends in planning permissions, commencements and completions, that we will meet our overall targets for new homes in 2023 and the recent substantial uplift can be sustained into 2024 and 2025.