Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
939. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish centralised collection and analysis of data pertaining to the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website www.environ.ie
The CSO publish data relating to the construction industry including; activity of private building and construction firms , monthly employment index for private firms, the Production in Building and Construction Index, and detailed data relating to planning permissions. In light of this, there are currently no plans to re-establish a centralised collection and analysis of data pertaining to the construction industry.
