Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Mr. Sebastian Barnes:

No. We have not looked at those calculations. I guess that we will look at them in the context of our updated forecast in September. At that point, we will look at how many houses have been built. There is inflation in the materials, and there have always been issues with skills and what the capacity of the housing construction sector actually is. We will look at that again, and we can provide an updated account in our next report.