Figures published today by the Central Statistics Office expose the Government\u2019s spin on housing for what it is, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n
Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson on housing, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to the CSO, there were 5,841 new dwelling completions in the first quarter of this year \u2013 a fall of 12.1 per cent on the same three months of 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost worrying, given the high demand for housing in Dublin, completions in the capital decreased by 25.3 per cent when you compare the first three months of 2024 to 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese figures expose the fiction behind the Government\u2019s most recent \u2018Housing for All\u2019 update.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes a mockery of the new Taoiseach\u2019s pledge to deliver 50,000 homes a year \u2013 a promise he is already attempting to row back on.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnsurprisingly, the Government\u2019s glossy but hollow progress report fails to mention their abysmal delivery of social and affordable homes. Since taking office, they have failed to deliver 9,527 social homes that were promised.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe delivery of affordable homes has been even worse with just 499 affordable purchase homes and 966 cost rental homes being delivered last year \u2013 when 5,500 were promised.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need a new Government with workable solutions if we are serious about solving the housing crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n
April 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Figures published today by the Central Statistics Office expose the Government\u2019s spin on housing for what it is, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan. Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson on housing, said: \u201cAccording to the CSO, there were 5,841 new dwelling completions in the first quarter of this year \u2013 a fall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cian-ocallaghan","category-housing-crisis","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n