Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

9:00 am

Mr. Derek Moran:

-----around housing starts. The reality is that during the worst of times we were not building any houses. There was not any investment. The Deputy is correct. We were in the biggest crisis the country had ever seen but what we are seeing now, and it takes time, but what we are starting to see now is that on the new build side - new houses for purchase - all the indicators indicate that we are in strong growth, albeit off a very weak starting point, so-----