This chapter contains information on the construction sector. Construction statistics are compiled by the CSO using inquiries to construction firms or, in the case of planning permissions data, to the planning authorities. Statistics for production in construction are compiled using the quarterly CSO survey, Production in Building and Construction. A measure of new orders in the sector is provided by the CSO inquiry on planning permissions.
| Houses | Apartments | |
| 2004 | 69576 | 32077 |
| 2005 | 75650 | 23702 |
| 2006 | 60008 | 18747 |
| 2007 | 62828 | 21569 |
| 2008 | 47806 | 19778 |
| 2009 | 26814 | 13742 |
| 2010 | 11604 | 6874 |
| 2011 | 9098 | 2547 |
| 2012 | 5389 | 861 |
| 2013 | 6002 | 1197 |
Interactive table: StatBank link
In 2013 there was an annual increase of 11.4% in the number of houses granted planning permission while there was a 39% increase in the number of apartments granted permission. Over the period from 2004 to 2013 the number of new houses granted permission decreased by 91.4% and apartments permissions decreased by 96.3% over the same period.
| 12.2 Value and volume indices of production in all building and construction | Base: Year 2010 = 100 | |||||
| Total production in all building and construction | ||||||
| Value of production | Volume of production | |||||
| Year | Index | Annual % change | Index | Annual % change | ||
| 2006 | 340.9 | 368.3 | ||||
| 2007 | 309.3 | -9.3 | 318.8 | -13.4 | ||
| 2008 | 226.4 | -26.8 | 225.6 | -29.2 | ||
| 2009 | 140.7 | -37.9 | 142.3 | -36.9 | ||
| 2010 | 100.0 | -28.9 | 100.0 | -29.7 | ||
| 2011 | 81.3 | -18.7 | 83.3 | -16.7 | ||
| 2012 | 80.0 | -1.6 | 81.3 | -2.4 | ||
| 2013 | 89.7 | 12.1 | 90.5 | 11.3 | ||
| Source: CSO | ||||||
Interactive table: StatBank link
Output in total building and construction increased by 11.3% in 2013 when compared with 2012. Between 2006 and 2013, the volume of output in building and construction decreased by 75.4%.
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