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 do not know that they are over-engineered but there are trade-offs. Having two car spaces is a great addition but if it comes with the fact that it is not viable or not what people can afford, then maybe the trade off is not to have car spaces for apartments in urban centres and to lower the cost of them, for example.

The Deputy asked a question on deposits. Yes, there is €160 billion or €170 billion on deposit in the banking system. At European level quite a lot of work has kicked off in earnest around a savings and investment union, which speaks exactly to taking this and redistributing it into productive use. There is a lot there. I can come back in again.

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