Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Budget 2015: Department of Finance

3:45 pm

Mr. John McCarthy:

The Deputy is right on the construction side. There are various obstacles to ramping up housing supply in the short term, for instance. The price elasticity supply is low and probably lower than historical norms, given capacity constraints.