Written answers
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Provision
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of housing commencements broken down by apartments, houses and duplexes in each of the years from 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [16307/22]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Data in relation to housing commencements is published by my Department on a monthly basis and can be accessed via the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/a5cb1-construction-activity-starts/
Data is analysed from the Building Control Management System to produce the provided information. The table below includes the total commencements for all unit types in each of the years 2016 to 2021 inclusive and to date in 2022.
| Statistic | Year | All Units |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Units Commenced | 2016 | 13,234 |
| Number of Units Commenced | 2017 | 17,572 |
| Number of Units Commenced | 2018 | 22,467 |
| Number of Units Commenced | 2019 | 26,237 |
| Number of Units Commenced | 2020 | 21,686 |
| Number of Units Commenced | 2021 | 30,724 |
| Number of Units Commenced | YTD 2022 | 4,188 |
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of housing completions broken down by apartments, houses and duplexes in each of the years from 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [16308/22]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Data in relation to new dwelling completions is published by the CSO on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via the following link: www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ndc/newdwellingcompletionsq42021/
Data for the years 2016 - 2021 inclusive is set out in the table below. Data for Q1 2022 has not yet been published by the CSO.
| Statistic | Year | All house types | Single house | Scheme house | Apartment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Dwelling Completions | 2016 | 9,852 | 3,640 | 5,059 | 1,153 |
| New Dwelling Completions | 2017 | 14,329 | 4,245 | 7,880 | 2,204 |
| New Dwelling Completions | 2018 | 17,903 | 4,676 | 10,969 | 2,258 |
| New Dwelling Completions | 2019 | 21,049 | 5,062 | 12,509 | 3,478 |
| New Dwelling Completions | 2020 | 20,526 | 4,942 | 11,664 | 3,920 |
| New Dwelling Completions | 2021 | 20,433 | 4,682 | 10,644 | 5,107 |
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