Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
9:00 am
Mr. Conn Murray:
I have no difficulty with that. There has been a 42% reduction on the existing housing list. I worked in housing through the 1980s and 1990s. Fluctuations within the economy have always affected the level of direct builds and, as a consequence, those lists increased during those times. We need a continuation of the drive that now exists over the next ten years or longer, to keep pace with the coming challenges. Those challenges will be different. We are dealing with diverse cultures, and diversity within our cities and counties. We need to continue the drive in the context of housing over the next number of years and understand that there are going to be different requirements at different times.