Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that data capture for the Property Price Register includes Eircode postcodes, if available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32041/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Residential Property Price Register is published by the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) pursuant to section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. Section 86(1) of that Act provides that:

"The Authority shall, as soon as is practicable after the commencement of this section, maintain and publish particulars of residential property sales prices in the State, including—

(a) the address of the property,

(b) the price at which the property was sold, and

(c) the date of the sale of the property".

The Register, as currently provided for, is designed to provide accurate prices of residential properties purchased on any given date.

The Register is compiled by the PSRA from data received by the Revenue Commissioners in relation to stamp duty. As Minister for Justice and Equality, I have no statutory remit with regard to the categories of data requested by the Revenue Commissioners for stamp duty purposes.