Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The country is on track to exceed the Housing For All target for this year of 24,600. Close to 28,000 homes were built in the 12 months to September 2022. There were nearly 21,000 houses alone built in the first nine months of this year. That already exceeds the total for 2021, which was 20,000. We are projected to reach more than 26,000 homes by the end of the year. It will be the highest number of homes built since 2008. There were more than 16,000 first-time buyers in the past 12 months. That is the highest number since 2007 and it represents 33% of all home purchases, up from 25% in 2015. Construction of 27,400 homes commenced in the year to September alone. More than 167,000 people are now working in construction. That is 20,000 more than pre-pandemic levels and 40,000 more than this time last year. Objectively, people have to acknowledge that progress is being made.

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