444 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of empty housing units identified in his Department’s report on housing developments that are under the auspices of National Asset Management Agency. [40178/10]

The aim of the National Housing Development Survey was to establish overall numbers and categories of unfinished housing developments in order to facilitate the development of subsequent best practice management and resolution approaches in dealing with such developments by key stakeholders such as developers, financial institutions and local authorities. The survey did not include the gathering of information on the ownership of sites or whether specific sites came within the remit of the National Asset Management Agency. The baseline National Housing Development Survey database is available on my Department's website —www.environ.ie.