Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the accuracy and timeliness of the housing and homelessness statistics published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9037/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department publishes a wide range of housing and homelessness related statistics on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. The data are collected, validated and published following internal consideration. The datasets published derive from data collected from a wide range of different sources including administrative data sets shared by other Public Bodies, such as the Building Control Management System (BCMS) and the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), and by way of regular surveys of local authorities and lending agencies.

My Department intends to expand its Statistics and Data Analytics Unit during 2017 and, on an on-going basis, and reflecting the commitment to the highest quality of customer service, will continue to explore the potential for improvements to current data collection and dissemination methodologies and processes.