New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the level of activity in the overall construction sector grew by 2.5% in the third quarter of this year.
The CSO said that residential building recorded the largest increase with a rise of 8.2% in the seasonally adjusted volume index.
The volume of non-residential building is also up on the previous quarter with an increase of 2.2%, while civil engineering rose by 1.7%.
On an annual basis, the CSO said the residential sector has seen a volume increase of 22.5%.
Meanwhile, civil engineering activity is also higher with an increase of 3.1% year on year, while non-residential activity has decreased by 0.5% since the third quarter of 2018,.
