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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Ceisteanna (1614)

Eoin Ó Broin

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1614. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the reason for the delay in publishing the reports by the Housing Agency and his Department regarding construction sector costs; if both reports will be published; and, if so, when they will be published. [16456/18]

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Under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, my Department committed to undertaking a detailed analysis, in conjunction with the construction sector, to benchmark housing delivery input costs in Ireland, in order to facilitate an increased level of housing output.

To advance this work, a working group, chaired by my Department, was established specifically to review the delivery costs and viability for affordable residential developments in the domestic market. In parallel, the Housing Agency carried out a comparative analysis of international construction costs.

In addition, arising from the initial findings of the review of delivery costs and viability for affordable residential developments and in the interest of improving the viability of apartment development in our cities and towns, I established a working group, in October 2017, to undertake a focused review of the 2015 Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments – Guidelines for Planning Authorities. A cost analysis was carried out on the changes to the guidelines, which were published last month.

The groups working on the various reports have completed the three pieces of analysis and the individual reports involved: review of Delivery Costs and Viability for Affordable Residential Developments; cost analysis of the updated Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments, Guidelines for Planning Authorities; and comparison of Residential Construction Costs in Ireland to other European Countries. The reports were published by my Department on 12 April 2018 and are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/rebuilding-ireland/construction/minister-eoghan-murphy-publishes-analyses-cost-delivering.

Question No. 1615 answered with Question No. 1613.
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