Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Dominic Doheny:

We are still waiting for it. It was promised last year and it still has not been brought to market yet. It is a major obstacle to the roll-out of houses especially and, as I said earlier, the pillar banks have a significant restriction on lending to developers. Even for sites with planning permission a lot of private equity has to be brought to the table before a development can be brought over the line. That is leading many developers to re-engage with the mezzanine funders and they charge between 8% and 14% depending on the location and demographics. That is making many demographic areas unviable for housing delivery.