Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 October 2023
191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which his Department can offer further latitude for immediate expenditure by the various local authorities on measures to address the housing crisis by way of direct build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47236/23]
View answerData on the number of residential dwellings purchased, including by first-time buyers, are captured and published by the Central Statistics Office.
The most recent data, for the period to end-August 2023, show more than 41,700 dwellings were purchased by all buyer types between January and August this year. Some 11,000 or 26.5% of these were purchased by first-time buyers, an increase of 2% on the same period last year.
A county-by-county breakdown of purchases by households and non-households is available from the CSO at data.cso.ie/table/HPM02.
