Meeting 3

CSO Statistical Liaison Group on Housing
Thursday 21st January 2021
Online meeting 

Attendees:

Barra Casey (CSO)
Cormac Halpin (CSO)
Justin Anderson (CSO)
Kieran Culhane (CSO)
Paul Morrin (CSO)
Seán Clancy (CSO)
Michael Courtney (CSO)
Viacheslav Voronovich (CSO)
Deirdre Lynch (CSO)
Sorcha O’Callaghan (CSO)
Tara Davis (CSO)
Eoghan McCarthy (AIRO)
Justin Gleeson (AIRO)
Gerard McGuinness (Department of Finance)
Owen Joyce (Department of Finance)
George Hussey (Department of Housing)
Johnny Galway (Department of Housing)
Colm Farrell (DPER)
Orlagh Lavelle (DPER)
Amy Mulligan (Dept. Taoiseach)
Mairead Naughton (Dept. Taoiseach)
Kate Flinter (Dept. Taoiseach)
Sarah Garry (Dept. Taoiseach)
Brendan Sullivan (Dublin City Council and RIAI Housing Committee)
Daithi Downey (Dublin City Council)
Fidelma Fahey (Dublin City Council)
Kieran McQuinn (ESRI)
Annette Hughes (EY)
Ciaran Corrigan (Goodbody)
John McCartney (Housing Agency)
Roslyn Molloy (Housing Agency)
Pat Farrell (IIP)
Karl Deeter (Irish Mortgage Brokers)
Hugh Mangan (OSi)
Anna Reymond (RTB)
Caren Gallagher (RTB)
Cian O’Callaghan (TCD)
Ronan Lyons (TCD)
John Fitzgerald (TCD)
Lorcan Sirr (TUD)
Declan Redmond (UCD)
Orla Hegaty (UCD)
Simon Barry (Ulster Bank)

Item 1: Welcome and Introduction – Paul Morrin, CSO

• Welcomed everyone to the meeting

Item 2:  Analysis of HAP report -  Justin Anderson, CSO

• Presentation on recent publication by the CSO which looked at HAP households and properties using administrative data to examine the scheme.
• This detailed the background to the report and the data sources used and showed some key findings from this publication

Questions/comments:

• Question and comment on trying to expand on this analysis and initial plans and further analysis of rental data
• Interest in further analysis of property types in HAP

Item 3: Tenure and Households in Ireland – Michael Courtney, CSO

• Presentation on recent CSO report on tenure and households
• This included detail of categories, themes and data sources included in the report as well as highlighting some of the key findings

Questions/comments

• There was some clarification on level of geographical breakdown included in the publication

Item 4: Update on statistical projects within the Department of Housing - George Hussey, DHLGH

• Update given on the Statistics and Data Analytics Unit (SDAU) within DHLGH
• This included structure updates and broader developments within the department and detailed progress and plans for the Housing Need Demand Assessment (HNDA) tool
• Detail was also given on ICT and GIS projects and future plans

Questions/comments

• There was comment on how the HNDA may be used and with outputs being used as targets

Further questions/comments

• Discussion on differences between New Dwelling Completion figures in 2020 and estimates based on BER certs
• Comment on potential to do further work related to housing and COVID-19