Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
11:30 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
Deputy Ó Broin mentioned the construction cost study and the question of whether we were in the business of running down standards. Certainly, that is not the space that we are in. That said, some have raised a question which, I suppose, requires to be considered. They asked whether, in areas where significant development might be possible and which are very significantly served by public transport, the car parking standard being applied is over the top.