Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office

10:00 am

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Dalton made reference to the residential property price index. One of the key measures in the budget, as he knows, is the income tax rebate for first-time buyers. There are some concerns that this would lead to an increase in the price of new houses. Would the information on movements in new residential properties, apartments and houses over the next number of months be easily discernible?

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