Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Mr. Paul Hogan:

We did work with the ESRI during 2016 and 2017 when the national planning framework document and the national development plan documents were being prepared. We had expertise retained from the ESRI for that period. However, we realise that this is not something we want to just leave behind or leave fixed and then come back to it in five years time. It has become very clear to us that this is something that is ongoing and that needs to be constantly kept under review. For that reason, we have gone back to the ESRI and started to re-engage with it about how this work can be continued in a useful way. That process is under way.