Written answers

Thursday, 1 June 2017

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

House Prices

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the review on the cost of building a home here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26505/17]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Government is committed to a broad range of measures to tackle, among other things, some of the costs associated with the provision of housing. This includes undertaking a detailed analysis, in conjunction with the construction sector, to benchmark housing delivery input costs in Ireland, in order to facilitate an increased level of housing output into the future.

A working group, chaired by my Department, has been established and has met on a number of occasions since December 2016. While it is intended that the working group will concentrate on the domestic market, the Housing Agency is currently advancing an analysis of delivery costs and international comparisons. Both studies are due for completion in late June/early July 2017.

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