Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Ciarán Nugent:
Yes, but you usually start off renting and every year when that goes up, it results in more and more young people who cannot afford to be financially independent and to move out of home. We have had this massive increase, which is one the biggest increases in the whole of the EU, in the share of young adults who, at the same time as having the highest profile in the context of third level education and taking all of the steps-----