Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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1258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the county and local authority-level breakdown of Q2 2025 new dwelling completions, apartment share and pipeline indicators for Cork city and county; and if his Department projects the 2025 completions target to be met, given CSO data showing a 35% year-on-year increase in Q2 completions and a doubling in apartments. [46515/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Continuing to increase the supply of new homes is key to meeting need and addressing many of the challenges currently facing the housing market. Supply has increased significantly in recent years. Some 140,000 new homes have been delivered since July 2020, with 92,400 of these delivered between 2022 and 2024 inclusive, exceeding the combined target for the period by 5,400 or so. 

New dwelling completions data are published by the CSO on a quarterly basis and are available on its website at www.cso.ie. 

Completions disaggregated by dwelling type (scheme house, single house, apartment) are available at local authority level at data.cso.ie/table/NDQ06.

My Department does not forecast new home completions in any year. 

Sectoral commentators are forecasting a wide range for new home completions this year, with published forecasts suggesting somewhere between 32,000 to 37,000 new homes might be delivered this year.  These forecasts may fluctuate as the year progresses and a more certain picture will only emerge towards year-end.