Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report that his Department has on house building costs will be published; if this report will be presented to Dáil Éireann in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52148/17]

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, was established and met on a number of occasions since December 2016. While it was intended that the working group would concentrate on the domestic market, the Housing Agency has been 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, with a view to publication as soon as possible.