Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage

10:00 am

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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If the Deputy is talking about a desktop review on microeconomic grounds, that can be done, but what we will need to see is whether the scheme is working. Houses are not constructed in three months. The scheme has been designed to increase the supply of new houses and we must give it at least 12 months to see whether it has had an effect.