Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which land costs for residential developments are measured and tracked by his Department or any agency under the remit of his Department; and the latest publication his Department is relying on to inform trends in this area. [8473/17]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The cost of land is market driven and is influenced by a large number of factors. My Department does not measure or track trends in land costs for residential developments, however, a number of initiatives have been established by my Department to open up lands for development in order to increase the supply of housing. A working group, chaired by my Department, with a broad range of industry representatives has been established to undertake a detailed analysis to benchmark housing delivery input costs in Ireland, including land and acquisition costs, in order to facilitate an increased level of housing output into the future. A number of meetings have taken place since December 2016 and the working group is expected to complete this study in the first half of 2017.