Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate
Mr. Feargal O'Rourke:
They are. We are not alone in this challenge. The growth in the population we have had, especially in the past decade, has exacerbated the problem in Ireland. If we look at other European countries, however, they are also struggling with this same affordable housing issue. The bar also keeps getting higher. If we were to go back five or six years ago, and it was said we would be producing 30,000 units in 2023, people would have said that was fantastic, but the world has moved on.
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