Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Robert Kelly:

Home Building Finance Ireland is the State bank, but on top of that ISIF has a project. I do not know the exact name under which it has the project, but essentially it cosponsors the equity component. It is not the debt component. The approach matches international capital, slightly de-risking it, but also provides a mechanism for small builders to engage with somewhere they can see and an organisation-----