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. Conor O'Toole:

I am not an expert. I have not seen much data on the specific applications to those and the length of time in those particular applications. Certainly, the industry feedback is that is becoming a major constraint on activating supply. If that is the case then any moves towards making that process more efficient and ensuring a timely connection to the State infrastructure, be it the water, wastewater and electricity connections, will be efficiency enhancing for the supply side.