Work started on just one-third of fast-track housing developments since 2017

A total of 277 developments have been approved under the strategic housing development  programme, but just 100 have begun construction. Picture: PA

Just over one-third of housing developments approved since the Government's controversial fast-track scheme was introduced in 2017 have broken ground.

A total of 277 developments have been approved under the strategic housing development (SHD) programme, which was set up as part of then-housing minister Simon Coveney's Rebuilding Ireland scheme, but just 100 of them have begun construction, according to figures released to the Irish Examiner.