Increase in house building in county

New figures show 1,835 new homes have commenced construction in Meath within the first six months of this year. This represents a 146 per cent increase in the same period in 2023, when 746 homes commenced construction.

Nationwide, a total of 33,784 homes started construction between January and the end of June. This figure is more than double (up 117 per cent) from the 15,561 units commenced in the first half of 2023.

A total of 1,663 homes commenced in June 2024. Of that figure, 37 per cent are scheme dwellings, 51 per cent are apartments and 12 per cent are for one-off units. Out of all homes commenced in June 2024, 45 per cent were in the four Dublin local authorites.

Senator Shane Cassells of Navan stated: “I’m delighted to have received confirmation from my party colleague, Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien, that 1,835 new homes were commenced here in Meath in the first six months of this year, surpassing the total for the same period last year. Not only are the number of new residential homes being built in Meath increasing, the figures nationwide are also rising, up 117 per cent on the same period last year.

"These statistics are evidence that the Government's Housing for All plan is working and my focus is on doing whatever I can to keep this positive momentum going.”