Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Housing Agency and his Department's review of the all in cost of providing private sector residential units. [33145/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, 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 of these reports are being finalised at present and I will consider them without delay once submitted to me.