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THE RATE OF homebuilding in Ireland could increase to 40,000 annually within a couple of years, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has predicted.
Martin said the Government has to keep looking at ways to accelerate housebuilding in the country, pledging that ministers would “spare no effort” to match supply with demand.
Opposition parties have been strongly critical of the Government’s measures to deal with a housing crisis in Ireland, insisting that targets for building and social and affordable housing have been consistently missed.
The Government has previously said that its overall housebuilding target of 29,000 homes for 2023, outlined in the Housing For All strategy, would be exceeded.
Martin said the number of new homes being built would continue to increase year on year.
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He said: “We do want to get to a higher number than 30,000 and what I would like to think in 2024 we can build again on what we’ve achieved in 2023.
“Some people are estimating 32,000 homes for this year. We’ll wait for the final figures in quarter one.”
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Martin said 100,000 new homes had been built since the coalition government took office.
He added: “The pipeline is strong on social housing, strong on a number of fronts.
“But we have to keep on looking at ways to accelerate housebuilding and that relates to capacity within the housing industry.
“There’s a number of strands of work that are under way under the cabinet’s subcommittee in terms of public investment, in terms of private investment, in terms of human resources, in terms of recruitment, apprenticeships and so on, to make sure the capacity will come.
“There’s lots of factors to come together to increase productivity and capacity.
“We will spare no effort. The targets we have are not limits, if we can exceed those targets, we will.”
Martin added: “We’ve increased 40% over the last few years. So that is quite a dramatic increase.
“We are not going to get to 40,000, on top of 32,000 this year.
“But I think we will incrementally increase.
“Within a number of years, we could be at 40,000 per annum.”
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From my own personal observations and IMHO it would appear to me (without any scientific measurements) that most collisions happen due to McDonalds Queuing Symptom. That other lane is moving faster, a little gap to the right or left……..and go ffs….just go…….oooops! And as for the pathetic rubber neckers on the other side of the road!
@Dave Murray: Drivers are driving to close to the vehicle in front and no time for reaction I have seen drivers continually hitting the brakes on the M50 when there’s no need to thus creating a chain reaction from behind. Lots of drivers don’t heed this warning. Overhead cameras should be used to pull in drivers and given a warning .
@Nick Allen: the people who cause the accident should be banned from driving. And there should be spot checks on motorway behaviour. If someone is seen to not use the lanes and or speed properly they should be on a probation period where they have to be tested prior to be allowed go back on motorways.
Far too many design faults on this motorway. Most large cities have an outer/circular motorway (like the M25); we built half a circle and are suffering the consequences.
@Richard Wright: No. We were hooked on circles and/or half circles – as if there was no alternative. Few traffic problems in NYC for example – or Washington. And no circles/half-circles – just the grid system!¡
@Nick Allen: Lived in Manhattan. Traffic is not a problem – largely, I admit, because of people using taxis and the subway. Also – parking is at a absolute premium. But, can you not think of any alternative to the M50 semi-circle, like (say) a grid?
The M50 is great, yes there are some traffic jams at time but by and large it works very well. More disciplined drivers and a better public transport system would solve a lot of the issues on the M50.
@Nick Allen: Rough figures:- M50/28 miles/16 junctions. M25/117 miles/31 junctions – over 4 times as long, less than twice the number of junctions! The M50 tries to do too much!?
M25 is also affectionately known as the largest car park in London.
That said the motorway network needs to be designed for the cities they serve. Fewer junctions in the M50 would only turn the M50 into a large Dublin bypass for people looking to avoid Dublin. The M50 needs to serve the people of Dublin to stop them using the city centre. If you reduce the access points you would reduce usage and also create new bottlenecks at the access points.
@Gareth Cooney: Fair enough – but the Federal Motorway 10, around Berlin (for example) – is the same length as the M25, with about the same number of junctions. Our M50 seems to have more than the norm¡
Footage of on board camera’s should be allowed to be uploaded to the Gardaí easily to prosecute drivers swerving in and out of lanes, tailgating etc. Send offenders a €90 fine, 2 penalty points and a link to the footage.
Keep it a secret, but there is a double lane duel carriageway type road running from Jobstown to Liffey valley completely under utilised, either this or get an amphibious car. I prefer the second option when going to Howth cause there’s no toll!
I think the National Roads Authority are proposing at peak times speed restrictions on all lanes north and south in effort to stop the relentless crashes that cause so much disruption.
Once summer is over it’s back to work from home from 08:00-9:30 (miss peak gridlock)and then head to office. Far more efficient use of time, more productive and way less hassle-Fully appreciate this scenario does not work for everyone.
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