Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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The ESRI said that Ireland was among the countries with the lowest investment in housing in the EU in 2022, only exceeding Greece, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is shocking, given what we hear constantly from the Government. In the quarterly bulletin, the Central Bank talks about how labour constraints are easing. Will Dr. Kelly expand on that and outline if increased public spending can shore up the labour transfer to address that problem?