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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 February 2026

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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Questions (118, 119, 120)

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the statutory, policy, or administrative basis on which his Department considers that responsibility for commissioning residential construction productivity metrics, including residential-specific gross value added and labour input indicators, rests exclusively with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and to confirm whether his Department accepts any shared responsibility for ensuring that productivity in the residential construction sector is measurable for enterprise, labour-market, and competitiveness policy purposes. [10743/26]

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has, at any time since 2022, formally considered requesting the Central Statistics Office to develop residential-specific construction productivity indicators; whether any internal advice, briefing note, or submission was prepared on this issue; and, if no such consideration occurred, the reasons residential construction productivity has not been treated as a priority data requirement for enterprise and competitiveness policy. [10744/26]

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has sought advice from the Central Statistics Office or Eurostat on the feasibility of publishing residential-specific construction productivity data within the existing EU statistical framework; whether any barriers were identified; and if no such engagement has taken place, the reason his Department has not explored available statistical or regulatory pathways to enable more granular productivity analysis in a sector central to national economic performance. [10745/26]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

I propose to take Questions Nos. 118, 119 and 120 together.

Construction productivity statistics are primarily a matter for the CSO. The CSO has advised my Department that it is unable to produce more detailed information on productivity in residential construction due to the limitations of available data. The underlying data sources do not allow for the distinction of construction on residential buildings to be made.

Question No. 119 answered with Question No. 118.

Question No. 120 answered with Question No. 118.

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