The current annual target is to build 33,000 new homes but the group believes 48,000 or even 50,000 new units are needed each year – a stern task indeed given that 20,433 were built in 2021 and 20,526 in 2020, years in which building was severely hampered by Covid-19 restrictions. That “conservative” 33,000 annual target merely contributes to and aggravates the housing crisis, Hughes argues in a draft paper for the 2070 group.
The plan assumed the capital city’s population growth by 2040 could be limited to 250,000; with further growth of 250,000 combined in the expansion of Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; and the remaining 500,000 population growth occurring in regional centres, towns, villages and rural areas. “The national planning framework has to be completely rewritten with the reality of what is happening on the ground as distinct from what was planned.”
James Pike, an architect in the 2070 group who set up practice in Dublin in the 1960s. Photograph: Cyril Byrne But if Ireland’s recent history shows how ambitious policies can forge advances in education and the economy, the State’s cities have all too often suffered from poor planning for housing, transport and infrastructure.
New CSO estimates on Wednesday show population growth is accelerating, increasing by 88,800 people in the year to April, the largest 12-month rise since 2008. There were 120,700 immigrants – a 15-year high – but 59,600 people emigrated from the State, more than in recent years. Hughes believes the original one million projection was driven largely by “very low” population growth of 173,613 in the five years to 2016, the outwork of the 2008 economic crash and the harsh economic policies pursued before and after the EU-International Monetary Fund bailout. Natural population growth of 195,400 in that period was offset by net outward migration after crisis struck.
The Lord save us from 'expert groups' and 'radical revisions.' Heard it before, Joe!
Why is their a surge and should there be Do some journalist work
I hope many people know their privalige to be able to afford children. Many can't. People should be grateful for that.
Again with new dwellings as the only solution. DerelictIreland
martinburke051
Never happen. They'll make a fucking balls of it. Failing us all
Here is a simple quick fix.. Close our borders and deport illegals and foreign criminals.
We now need to plan for a population of 7 million, housing, public transport. Roads, rail, water,sewerage, school & hospitals all infrastructure.
it's obvious we need a cap on immigration, 13 percent of the population is now made up of non nationals, insanely high number
Put the brakes on immigration. Then put her in reverse.
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