Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. The overall targets under Rebuilding Ireland were always new homes becoming available for use because that was the dataset we were using at the time. I brought in a new dataset from the CSO which broke it down to also include new builds. It is too early in the year to know the figure for new builds this year but I anticipate somewhere between 22,000 and 23,000. We are looking at planning applications, commencement notices and how they flow through the system. I am confident we will hit 125,000 new homes available, as outlined in our overall targets under Rebuilding Ireland, for the five-year period from 2017 to 2021.