Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John O'Mahony:

We are carrying out a densification study. The institute is trying to look 50 years ahead beyond 2040 at what all of our main cities might look like in 50 years' time and identify where opportunities are. It is taking a wider view. The study will take about a year and a half or two years to do but we will do it in detail.

Regarding the figure of 10,000 people who are homeless-----