Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. John Coleman:
We understand the issue.
The interesting point about some of the city areas, particularly Dublin, is that they are quite built out already. Sometimes, when we go to the smaller population centres, there are potentially easier opportunities to access. With changing work patterns, more working from home and improved infrastructure connections, such as transport, there is an opportunity for us to take a long view on some of these sites and see what we can do to try to improve the situation in some of those towns that have become threadbare, as the Deputy said - it is a good word - but still have the potential to come back.