Dr. Ronan Lyons:

The Deputy's comment on household size is absolutely right. There is a statistic in the report that indicates between two thirds and three quarters of additional households will be one- and two-person and not even three-person households. Notwithstanding Mr. O'Flynn's point, which is valid, there are instances of projects which have proposed to go higher.

Usually, they are non-residential, but some are residential. We have an aversion to allowing tall buildings because if it is a mistake, it is a more prominent mistake. In many cases, people will not want to build 20 or more storeys, but developments of eight to 12 storeys would be viable in large parts of Dublin. Unfortunately, that is not allowed.