Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Despite high rents it still seems uneconomic to build apartments in Dublin and major cities. If we are serious about attracting investment and financial services jobs to Dublin in the wake of Brexit, we have to provide homes but we cannot add to the sprawl in Dublin and other cities. Is the Minister open to amending national planning guidelines to allow high-rise development in order to provide apartments in cities, which would mean people could work and live in those cities?

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