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[Article] 21% increase in house completions this year

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31-08-2004 12:39am

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0830/housing.html

21% increase in house completions this year
30 August 2004 13:59

House completions are on course to set another record this year after official figures for the first half of the year showed a 21% increase.

The Department of the Environment said 35,957 houses were built in the first six months of the year.

Labour's Eamon Gilmore has said there needs to be a fundamental change in housing policy and claimed the Government was blind to the problems facing working people who want to buy a home.

Reacting to the new statistics, Mr Gilmore said the supply was not focused on helping working people on modest incomes, but on the property market.

A record of just under 69,000 houses were built in 2003.

House completions in Dublin were nearly 26% ahead in the first half, while the figure for the Greater Dublin area showed a 23% increase.

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