Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Post-Budget Engagement: Economic and Social Research Institute

Dr. Karina Doorley:

This is a good question. We believe that the economy is operating at full capacity in many areas - construction, healthcare, childcare, etc. In the construction sector, there are some policies that are influencing this. One could think of the vacant home tax. That is working to increase supply but at the same, if one does not have enough workers to renovate these houses, it is hard to get them back on the market. The issue with just throwing money at the problem is that it increases the price that-----

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