Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Pat Daly:

Regarding the rail line, and going back to Deputy Leddin's point, we need to pick the winners and projects which can be done easily and quickly. We need to start orienting people and encouraging behavioural change. I know Iarnród Éireann is planning that.

The Department is helpful with inflation costs. It pulls them in every six to eight months to look at them to see if it can do an adjustment. I know we are having discussions with many developers and builders to address that cost because they are under pressure with the impact on the supply chain and from inflation.