The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published its monthly data on the number of Commencements Notices (residential construction starts) for November 2023. The data show in the first eleven months of 2023 there have been commencement notices for 267 homes in Monaghan County, a 21% increase on the same period in 2022.
While the data show in the first eleven months of 2023 there have been commencement notices for 243 homes in Cavan, a 94% increase on the same period in 2022 which is a record when compared to similar periods since the data series began in 2015. Nationally, the strong uptick in commencements this year has continued and 29,634 homes have been commenced nationally in the first eleven months of 2023. This is a 17.7% increase on the same period last year (25,162). Overall, the data show that the number of commencements in the first 11 months of 2023 (29,634) already exceeds the total number for the whole of 2022 (26,957).