Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Below it, under the January 2007 heading, it is stated, "It is now the duty of the development community in Ireland to adopt a realistic approach and put the brakes on the quantum of annual housing completions to avoid oversupply occurring in the medium term". Ms Hunt refers to the duty of the development community. The development community is a series of individual actors acting in their own interests. However, Ms Hunt thought they had a duty to restrict what they were doing. What duties did her industry have at the time?