Repeated claims by the previous government that up to 40,000 homes would be built in 2024 have been exposed as pure fiction by Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures published today, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe CSO has confirmed that a total of 30,330 homes were built last year \u2013 a decrease of 6.7 per cent on 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extent of the drop in housing output is nothing short of shocking. Not only is it almost 10,000 less than the former government\u2019s projections, it also around 3,000 homes short of the most optimistic predictions by economic commentators.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite repeated claims by the previous government \u2013 including from Miche\u00e1l Martin, Simon Harris and Darragh O\u2019Brien \u2013 that we would see accelerated levels of housing completions in the last quarter of the year, this has now been exposed for the pre-election bluster that it was.<\/p>\n
\u201cFianna\u00a0F\u00e1il and Fine Gael have consistently demonstrated that they are completely incapable of hitting their own housing targets \u2013 targets that were already unambitious to begin with.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt calls into question the commitment in the new Programme for Government to deliver 300,000 homes over the next five years. These notional targets have no realistic chance of being achieved unless there is a radical reset of housing policy, as called for by the Housing Commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s CSO figures are alarming. While it was always difficult to believe the fanciful claim that 40,000 homes would be built in 2024, the decrease in house completions is far worse than we feared.\u201d<\/p>\n
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