WHAT THE HOUSING EXPERTS SAY

Lorcan Sirr, housing lecturer DIT: ‘Pretty much none of the four metrics used in this report [on new builds] are in any way accurate. There are more accurate measures. This is totally misleading.’

Focus Ireland: ‘Nearly 20 per cent (3,386) of the 17,916 Housing Assistance Payment units were made up of transfers and were not new homes.’ Architect Mel Reynolds: ‘Building Energy Regulation (BER) certs issued for 2017 suggests new houses built will eventually be recorded at 8,800, a far cry from (19,000) ESB connections.