Ms Bríd O'Brien:

-----or to be able to afford what older generations had taken as standard expectations. I think that is an issue we need to address as a society. We then have to tease out how we address the cost of living and the services gaps. One issue in particular that is coming up quite a bit is the cost of housing. Not only is the cost of housing a social issue, it is also an economic issue. I would be conscious that some employers are finding it difficult to fill some jobs because people, such as Irish emigrants who might be contemplating coming home or other workers who have the skill sets we are looking for, are looking at the cost of housing and saying "crikey".