Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I thank Professor McMahon. In relation to priorities for our economy, housing, health and education obviously remain the most prominent. Given that housing is related to our taxation system, in the sense that high house prices tend to result in higher wages, higher bills, and higher costs, how do the witnesses foresee house prices affecting the market, the economy and stability in the future and, particularly, in the next 12 months?