Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the provision of affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Commencement Notices for 7,349 new homes were received by Building Control Authorities in the first quarter of 2023. This is the highest number of Q1 commencements recorded since the series began in 2014 and some 5% higher than the previous record high in Q1 2022 (6,997).

Two of the three months in Q1 (January and March) have also seen the highest levels of commencements for these months since 2014. This is on the back of a strong uptick in commencements in Q4 2022 (6,038). Supply, which is key to improving our housing market, is increasing. The number of completions in 2022 was greater than the total for any full year since the Central Statistics Office (CSO) completions series began. We are focused on maintaining and building on last year’s substantial uplift in delivery and we are optimistic we will meet the Housing for Alltarget of 29,000 this year, if not possibly exceed it.