Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The number of commencement notices for October was 2,624. That was an increase of 42.5% on the number of new homes commenced in the same month last year. That brings us to a rolling total of 26,547 commencements in the first ten months of this year. That is an increase of 16.6% on the same period last year. Effectively it is 4,000 more homes that we have been able to commence. On completions, on a rolling basis in the year to September, for the third quarter in a row we have exceeded 30,000 new homes completed. In the year to September the relevant figure was 31,500 homes, which is a very significant increase in performance in a difficult environment, particularly on the funding side.