Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Robert Kelly:

I am not aware of the exact detail in the Kenny report to be honest, so I will not comment on that directly. The reality is that there is a need to have not just land but serviced, zoned land available and there are also potentially issues around planning. What we want to do is minimise the time it takes from someone starting the process of developing to having a final unit. There are a number of factors that can create friction there. One of them is when you get to the planning stage and you realise water is not available, or it needs infrastructural development, which delays it. There might be some other reason. The reality about land is that we need to make land available in such a way that it does not become a friction in how we supply units. It should not be a consideration when you are entering in that when you get the planning, potentially you will have to think about the infrastructure not being available and a delay of two years, etc. I do not know exactly what was in the Kenny report but for me-----

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