Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2:00 am
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We have restrictions around competition law, State-aid law and environmental law. Of course, there are also fire safety and disability rights as well. Within that, I am making as many moves as quickly as possible, including the announcement today around specifications, to be able to reduce the costs on average per unit and therefore maximise the viability and, in turn, the affordability for people to be able to buy them. If we do not address the supply situation, nothing is going to change. That is the definition of insanity.
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