Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to update the House on the encouraging trends in the increased supply of houses. This is a market that has been under pressure for a number of years. It is one we are going to fix, but it will take some time. New CSO figures for new dwelling completions will clearly show the general upward trend across all housing construction activity. Essentially, more than 18,000 new homes were made available for use last year. Just over 2,500 were vacant homes brought back into use. Roughly 1,000 were unfinished homes from the era of Fianna Fáil housing policy.

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