John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider the establishment of a national property advisory council as proposed by the IPAV in its 2017 pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27616/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In considering the establishment of a National Property Advisory Council, it should be noted that certain regulatory elements of the property sector, such as property registrations, conveyancing and the regulation of property services, are a matter for the Minister for Justice and Equality.

With regard to the supply of housing, in publishing Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness,the Government has set out a practical and readily implementable set of actions to create a functioning and sustainable housing system. The plan is available to view at .

As outlined in Rebuilding Ireland, continued collaborative engagement and co-ordinated implementation and delivery will be essential to ensure that the ambition of the plan is fully realised, and that delivery of each of the 84 actions is driven and prioritised.

A dedicated Cabinet Committee on Housing, chaired by the Taoiseach, has been established to oversee both the development and implementation of the plan. Monthly updates on housing activity will be published and progress reports on implementation of Rebuilding Irelandwill be published on a quarterly basis.

Governance structures to manage and co-ordinate the delivery of the various actions under Rebuilding Ireland have been put in place in my Department.

A high-level Housing Delivery Office has also been established within my Department to support local authorities, approved housing bodies and all stakeholders involved in the delivery of housing projects and to drive delivery of some of the key ambitious private and social housing elements of the plan.

I will also establish and chair a specific forum for stakeholder engagement for the implementation phase. This Stakeholder Forum on Housing and Homelessness will act as a vehicle for continuous feedback on the practical experience of implementation of the various actions, and will include wide representation from the full range of stakeholder groups, including experts from different fields across the sector.