Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I remember meeting the representatives of the troika in 2012. I was here since 2011. It was a very bleak picture. The Deputy is correct however that the supply collapsed, as did it the capacity to supply, and when that happens, it is difficult to restart it again. I agree with the Deputy on this: in the period between 2016 and 2017, as the economy recovered, it should have been cranking up a bit faster. But we have to ensure-----