Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party)
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287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the commission on housing once established will review the progress of cost-rental delivery in Ireland. [57340/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government committed to establishing a Commission on Housing to examine issues such as tenure, standards, sustainability, and quality-of-life issues in the provision of housing. The Programme for Government also contains a commitment to hold a referendum on housing.

Housing for All, which was published in September 2021, further commits to the establishment of a Commission on Housing with the timeline being Q4 2021 and also notes that the Commission will work on the Referendum on Housing.

The establishment of the Commission presents an opportunity to build on the policy set out in Housing for All, taking a long-term strategic view on these aspects of housing, over an extended time horizon, as well as other issues identified as being suitable for in-depth examination.

It is envisaged that the Commission on Housing will bring together experts from various housing-related sectors, and will play a role in the State achieving good quality, affordable homes for all.

A Memorandum for Government seeking approval to establish the Commission with the Terms of Reference was considered by Cabinet today.

I will be in a position to publish the Terms of Reference shortly.

It is planned that the Commission on Housing will be formally established before the end of this year, once the Terms of Reference and Membership of the Commission have been finalised.