Written answers
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Data
Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing developments across the country in which foreign investment funds have purchased units by county in tabular form. [24780/21]
Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department has taken to gather information on the number of new build and existing housing that has been bought by foreign investment funds in County Tipperary (details supplied). [24781/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together.
My Department does not collect data in relation to the ownership of individual housing units purchased and sold in the housing market.
I understand that data published by market commentators indicates that approximately 15,500 units were owned by investment trusts at the end of 2020.
The Property Registration Authority (PRA), which was established as an independent statutory body under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, records property transactions and ownership in Ireland. The PRA has advised my Department that it does not hold details of the type requested.
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