Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 September 2021
191. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of reports that have been provided to him in the past 12 months from the ESRI; the titles of these reports; if he has received reports that he has not published; if so, if he plans to publish these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47344/21]
View answerDetails of the four reports from the ESRI commissioned by, or prepared for, my Department in the past 12 months are set out in the following link, together with the publishing information.
My Department operates a housing economics research programme with the Economic and Social Research Institute. Under this programme, which began in May 2017, two to three research papers are published each year with an emphasis on generating findings which influence policy-making. Department officials and ESRI researchers work together as papers are finalised. The nature of the research programme requires that all such papers must be published.
