Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Committee on Housing and Homelessness

Housing Finance Agency

10:30 am

Mr. Barry O'Leary:

There was a question - I forget who asked it - about infrastructure. The answer is that we can lend for housing and housing-related purposes, so we can certainly lend if the infrastructural work is being done in order to facilitate house creation, and the rates would be similar.

Regarding Deputy Quinlivan's question, I am not party to any discussions whereby people in the Department of Finance have been involved in making representations to Europe so I am afraid I cannot help him on that front.