Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings of the Rebuilding Ireland project oversight group he has held since coming into office. [43932/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Since the publication of Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s attention has been firmly focused on delivery.  Implementation of Rebuilding Ireland is being advanced across a number of Departments, under the oversight of the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Housing, and Climate Change, chaired by An Taoiseach. 

Within my own Department, a group of senior officials, chaired by the Secretary General, monitors progress on a regular and ongoing basis.  Working Group structures under each of the Action Plan's five Pillars have also been put in place.  In addition, to ensure broader consultation and engagement with delivery agents and stakeholders on implementation progress and emerging issues, an Oversight Group and a Project Board have been established.  The Oversight Group met on 30 November 2016 and 22 February 2017 and the Project Board has met on 14 December 2016 and 25 February 2017.  

Since taking up Office, I have met with all housing stakeholders to discuss their views of the ongoing implementation of Rebuilding Ireland and further actions to be considered as part of the one-year review of the Action Plan, which is largely concluded.  Future meetings under the formal governance structures of Rebuilding Ireland will be arranged in the coming weeks, once the work on the Review has concluded.