Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion
3:00 pm
Mr. Paul Hogan:
I will hand over to my colleague Mr. Dalton on that. There is a range of sources and Mr. Dalton has highlighted that the ESRI is an independent provider of expert advice to the Government and others. Its work is scrutinised and peer-reviewed. That is the baseline starting point. There are other assumptions brought to bear. The work we have from the ESRI does not cover unmet demand, so we have done other work to assess that. There is a range of assumptions brought to bear. I mentioned the starting point earlier and, in other words, that is the capacity of the construction industry at present and what is realistic in terms of a ramp-up. I will hand over to Mr. Dalton on that.
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