Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of multi-unit commencements in the four Dublin local authorities from quarter 1 2014 to quarter 2 2017; the name of the owners, builders and designer of these commencements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics, including information on Commencement Notices, which are available on the Department's website at .

In addition, Building Control Authorities are required to keep certain information pertaining to building works that come under the Building Control Regulations 1997-2015 on a statutory register. The purpose of the Building Control Management System (BCMS) is to facilitate building control authorities, building owners, builders and construction professionals in discharging their separate responsibilities under the Building Control Act 1990. The system provides a common platform for clear and consistent administration of building control matters across the local authority sector.

BCMS is centrally hosted by the Local Government Management Agency on behalf of the 31 Local Authorities and has enabled this information, which includes the names of owners, builders and designers, to be hosted on a central nationwide register, readily available and updated quarterly at .

Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of multi-unit completions in the four Dublin local authorities from quarter 1 2014 to quarter 2 2017; the name of the owners, builders and designer of these completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19157/17]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of houses completed in the greater Dublin area from June 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19894/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 424 and 468 together.

In respect of completions data, since the 1970’s, my Department has published ESB data on residential homes connected to the ESB grid as a proxy for house completions, as it represents the best available indicator that a residential unit is becoming available for occupation. This dataset includes recently completed once-off homes, multi-unit scheme developments and apartments as well as some re-connections to the grid, where properties that have been unoccupied for over two years are being brought back into use.

The data requested is available on a dataset published on the Department's website and updated monthly; this can be accessed by clicking on the following weblink - .

The data is broken down into individual houses, scheme houses and apartments across each local authority.

In relation to data on the owners, designers and builders of houses, Building Control Authorities are required to keep certain information pertaining to building works that come under the Building Control Regulations 1997-2015 on a statutory register, which may include particulars in relation to owners, builders and designers and Certificates of Compliance on Completion, where relevant, to specific buildings or works. The register is published on the Building Control Management System, which is centrally hosted by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) on behalf of the 31 Local Authorities, and can be accessed by clicking on the following weblink - .