Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Stephen Garvey:
The majority of our apartments are five and six storeys, depending on local area plans. It is down to density levels. The Ford site in the Cork docklands is an excellent example. We are at probably 120 units per hectare and up at 14 or 15 storeys. We have seen the docklands in Dublin past the SDZ. In the SDZ in Dublin city, you could not go past a height cap of eight storeys, I think. Behind the SDZ, you could go up to 21 storeys. We have seen those developments happen. They have all happened with institutions. There is a big cost change once you go over six storeys. Once you go over 18 m, the fire regulations change dramatically. They are quite expensive.
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