Housing targets will be exceeded this year, minister claims

Last year the Government announced plans to spend €4bn annually on building 33,000 new homes every year by the end of the decade.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien (left) with resident Derek Keogh at St Canice’s Hall housing development in Finglas. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The Government will exceed its targets this year under its Housing For All plan, the Housing Minister has claimed.

Darragh O’Brien said there is a target to build 24,600 private and public homes and he expects to hit and possibly exceed that number.