Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential properties purchased by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32243/21]

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new residential property units constructed by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32244/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 118 together.

My Department does not collect data in relation to the ownership or construction 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, making up less than 1% of over 2 million homes in Ireland.