Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a commitment in the programme for Government to deal with the shortage of new homes by incentivising and supporting increased delivery of private sector construction and the action plan for housing has very considerable targets in this regard. However, there is a question mark over the accuracy of the housing completions statistics that have been used to measure progress. Obviously, work is ongoing on the building control Bill. Given the fact that some experts have said there could be an overestimation of 50% by the Government, will it include in the legislation a statutory register for housing completions so that we can accurately assess the level of completions on an annual basis?

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