The Taoiseach has admitted the government will need to increasing next year's housing targets.
More than 400 new homes have been built in the midlands in the third quarter of this year.
New figures from the CSO show Laois accounts for the largest number of those, at 168.
While there were 120 and 113 completions in Offaly and Westmeath respectively.
Nationally, there were over 8,400 new properties finished in the third quarter of 2023, with the highest number in Tallaght South, with just over 600.
In the Dáil, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the Government will increase its housing targets in 2024:
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