Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his assessment of home completions in the first nine months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65569/25]

Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his assessment of home completions in the first nine months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65638/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 126 together.

Increasing the supply of new homes is critical to alleviating pressures in the housing market – in this regard, supply has increased significantly over the last five years, with more than 157,500 new homes delivered since the beginning of 2020.

Indeed, more than 92,000 new homes were completed in 2022, 2023 and 2024 combined, exceeding the Housing for All target for the period by around 5,200 homes alongside significant potential currently in the delivery pipeline.

New dwelling completions data are published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on a quarterly basis and are available on its website at:

CSO data show some 24,325 new homes completed in the first nine months of the year, up 13% on the same period last year and the highest first three quarters completions figure since the data series began in 2011.

Encouragingly, after a very significant drop-off in apartment delivery in 2024, the figures show a 30% increase in apartments in the first three quarters of this year as compared with the same period in 2024, with more than 7,950 apartments completed. This is the highest first three quarters completions figure for apartments since the data series began.

Almost 33,000 new homes were completed in the 12-months ending Q3 2025, up 4% year-on-year and the highest rolling 12-month completions since the CSO data series began.

Government is focused on continuing to increase the national housing stock and ensuring a suitable range of housing, across tenure types, is available to all. The new housing plan Delivering Homes, Building Communities builds on the foundations laid under Housing for All and will deliver a minimum of 300,000 new homes, including record levels of new social homes, an ambitious nationwide Starter Homes Programme and the provision of additional delivery in the areas of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and vacant and derelict properties brought back into use, as set out in the Programme for Government.