Sorca Clarke
Question:737. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes built in Westmeath in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46730/24]
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Questions (737, 738)
Sorca Clarke
Question:738. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes built in Longford in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46731/24]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 737 and 738 together.
Data on 'New Dwelling Completions' by local authority are published quarterly on the Central Statistics Office website at the following link: data.cso.ie/table/NDQ06
The data show a substantial uplift in new homes delivered since Housing for All was launched in 2021, with 29,662 and 32,548 completed in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Indeed, new home delivery in 2023 was at its highest level in 15 years, some 10% higher than in 2022 and 13% higher than the Housing for All target of 29,000 for 2023.
Progress continued in 2024, with rolling 12-month completions at 31,857 to end Q3 2024, up 1.5% year-on-year and the seventh consecutive quarter 12-month rolling completions exceeded 30,000.
This progress is mirrored locally, with 405 and 504 new homes completed in Westmeath in 2022 and 2023 respectively, and rolling 12-month completions at 664 to end Q3 2024, more than double the same period last year.
Similarly in Longford, 123 and 121 new homes were completed in 2022 and 2023 respectively, with rolling 12-month completions at 165 to end Q3 2024, up 79% on the same period last year.
New home completions data for Q4 2024 will be published by the CSO later this month.
Question No. 738 answered with Question No. 737.