Fianna Fáil tank housing supply (again!)

The Green Party has said the Government is trying to hide its own figures in the latest housing announcements.

Yesterday, the Government announced what they described as record numbers for housing “completions". However, they failed to mention that housing “commencements" have fallen 76% since it took office.

Figures from the CSO show housing commencements have fallen by more than 76% year-on-year since the government took office. The latest figures by the Central Statistics Office show that in 2024, 69,311 houses were commenced.

In 2025, just 16,413 were started. Compared even to the average between 2021 and 2023, new houses started in 2025 are just half (54%) of what they were during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Green Party councillor and party spokesperson on housing, Oliver Moran, said:

"The government is only in office for 12 months. So, 'completions' are for houses started during the last government, not this one. In fact, the number of 'commencements', or new houses started during this government term, have fallen 76% year-on-year.

"They can run, but they won't be able to hide from that forever. Eventually, they'll have to admit that this government in fact tanked house building, just as it was taking off. They're hiding behind someone else homework when the facts are there’s 17,000 people in emergency accommodation and rising."

Statistics for the period 2021–2025 are available from the Central Statistics Office table. "HSM14 - Residential Units Commenced" (data.cso.ie).