Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the setting up of a national house price database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30722/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The renewed Programme for Government sets out a clear commitment to create and maintain a comprehensive House Price Database based on sales prices. My Department has met with a broad range of interested parties in regard to the shape that such a register might take and recommendations arising from this process will shortly be made to Government.

The timing of the establishment of a register will be determined by a range of factors including the possible need for amendment of the Data Protection Acts to allow for publication of achieved sales prices.