Record capital funding of €6bn for housing in Budget 2025

Junior minister for nature, heritage and electoral reform Malcolm Noonan; Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien; and junior minister for local government & planning, Alan Dillon, at yesterday’s budget briefing. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins 

The Housing Minister has insisted the State ‘has the back’ of people who are saving to buy a home after announcing record capital funding of €6bn for housing in the budget.

Darragh O’Brien said the new budget would “continue the momentum that we have” in terms of housebuilding, which is currently progressing at pace, with close to 40,000 homes projected to be completed by the end of 2024.