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:
We have a scheme in County Clare that has been awaiting a decision for two years. We estimate the cost per unit at similar to that of the LDA, which is about €30,000 per unit. We are still awaiting a decision on that development. We have seen how some schemes can wait up to four years while some schemes have had two, three or four judicial reviews. Our main concern involves about 117 judicial reviews in the system so far this year, of which 25% involve housing while 25% involve infrastructure. It is probably more concerning on the infrastructure side. We cannot deliver housing if we cannot deliver infrastructure.
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