Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2025
479. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing target completions for County Wicklow, by year, from 2025 to 2030; and the targets and actual completions, by year, from 2020 to 2024. [14216/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraIncreasing the supply of new homes is key to addressing many of the challenges in the housing market.
Supply has increased significantly in recent years, with some 125,000 new homes delivered since July 2020. This includes 92,500 homes delivered from 2022 to 2024, exceeding the combined target for new homes for the period by 5,500 or so homes.
New home completions data are published quarterly by the CSO and show that progress at a national level has been mirrored locally across the country. For example, some 6,112 new homes have been delivered in Wicklow between 2020 and 2024, with almost 4,800 of these delivered since Housing for All was published in September 2021.
An annual breakdown of new home completions data per local authority per year can be accessed via the CSO website at the following link: https://data.cso.ie/table/NDQ06.
Housing targets for urban and rural areas in each local authority area are set out in the respective Core Strategies of the 31 City and County Development Plans (as may be applicable), having regard to the hierarchy of settlements of different scales in each local authority area and informed by the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies.
Ministerial Guidelines published under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 on ‘Housing Supply Target Methodology for Development Planning’ complement the objectives of the NPF and have introduced a standardised national approach, to be applied by each planning authority in projecting Housing Supply Targets in their Development Plan over the six-year period of each plan.
