Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is a question of resourcing. As Mr. Lawlor said, that is one of the biggest blockages we have even in terms of decision-making or construction. I have a question for the Irish Planning Institute. The housing needs demand assessment is evidence based too. Local authorities determine what the housing need is, what that type of housing should be and then the planning process determines where that housing should be. How do we ensure that the housing needs demand assessment is the tool we lead on rather than what the developers are saying, that is, that they cannot sell or will not build because there is no market for it?