Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Dominic Stevens:
The research we did for the Housing Unlocked competition covered that comprehensively. Ms McManus can correct me as I go, but the standards for one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments in Ireland were larger than any other European sets of standards. In some cases, a two-bedroom apartment here is 30% larger than a similar apartment in Madrid. The norm across various types of apartment is 10%. Comparisons are sometimes slightly complex, but it would be 10% across the board. To the best of my memory, Irish build-to-rent standards were still comparable or higher than European standards.
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