According to reports, the government expects to meet its housing targets for 2022.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien are scheduled to update Cabinet on the Housing for All plan later today.
Along with the quarterly update on Housing for All, the government is expected to approve plans for the COP27 climate conference in Egypt later this month.
The housing plan calls for the construction of over 24,600 new homes across Ireland by the end of the year. It is understood that these targets will be met.
There were 20,807 new homes completed as of the end of September. This is slightly more than the 20,560 homes completed in 2021, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The CSO reported that 7,544 new homes were completed in the third quarter of 2022.
The number of apartments built in Q3 is particularly high when compared to the same period in 2021. There were 2,445 apartments built in the third quarter of 2022, compared to 965 in the third quarter of 2021.
It’s understood that both Martin and O’Brien will tell Cabinet Ministers that there have been over 21,000 new homes started between January and September.
There are currently 8,200 social homes under construction, it is understood.
The CSO has also said that there was planning permission granted for 19,837 new homes in the first half of 2022.
It comes after the Taoiseach spoke at the launch of over 60 new social homes in Mulhuddart, Dublin, yesterday.
He told reporters that next year’s housing targets will be more difficult to achieve, with over 29,000 homes needed to be constructed.
“That means we have to be constantly looking at ways to do things in a more timely way,” Martin said.
The Government are also expected to sign off on Ireland’s agenda at Cop27 in Egypt next week.
Environment Minister Eamon Ryan is expected to attend the event.
It comes a year on from his attendance at Cop26, which was disrupted with issues around Covid-19 testing.
The memo is thought to outline the government’s plans and priorities for the UN climate conference.
Cabinet is also expected to approve Ryan’s authority to support international climate initiatives.