Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Michael O'Flynn:
Chairman, to answer your question, I think we've a cost-based problem, because we can't afford prices to go up too high. They need to recover more, a little bit more on the sales side, but I think on the costs side, on the VAT side, for example, I mean, there is ... on Part V, social and affordable housing, I was a big critic of not having the integration but having the costing loaded onto the private mortgage holder.
I think the whole ... there's up to 40% of a house, goes back to the Exchequer, in some form or other. To answer your question, I think we have a difficulty on the cost side, and, I think we need some more help on the sales side. But, it can't be all on the sales side, because, if your average couple - and we knew this was happening - if your average couple can't-----
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