2. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if he intends to review the housing completion target for 2025; the number of new homes his Department estimates will now be completed in 2025; the additional measures he plans to take to increase housing construction; the engagement he has had with the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, respectively, on new taxation and expenditure measures to boost delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12698/25]

Sentiment score: 0.29

Will the Minister confirm whether he intends to review the housing completion target for 2025, how many new homes does his Department estimate will be completed in 2025, what additional measures does he plan to take to increase housing construction, and what engagement has he had with the Departments of Finance and public expenditure on new taxation and expenditure measures to boost delivery?

Sentiment score: 0.79

Regarding targets, there has been a great deal in the news in the past of couple of months, including yesterday, to show that the Government will not reach its stated targets for the next three years. We have 250,000 too few homes for the population and the Housing Commission report is very clear. How does the Minister intend to make sure we reach the housing targets as set out in the programme for Government? I urge him to revisit the targets before 2027. What sort of engagement has he had with the Department of public expenditure? I am hearing that the AIB windfall money that was promised has not actually come down the line yet.

Sentiment score: 0.36

I did not hear anything specific in the Minister's reply in regard to what the Government is actually going to do to get us out of this quagmire we are in. I want to follow that up by asking about apartment delivery. We have a specific issue with apartments. It was revealed this morning in The Irish Times that the croí cónaithe city scheme had only delivered 17% of its target. It has delivered nothing in Limerick, the city I represent. Rents in Limerick rose by 19% last year and Limerick had the largest increase nationwide in terms of house prices. How does the Minister propose to make apartment construction, particularly outside of Dublin, viable again? What new measures does the Government intend to introduce? We know that section 23 did not work during the boom, but we clearly need to do something because apartment approvals dropped by nearly 40% last year.

Sentiment score: 0.11