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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Ms Orla Hegarty: I thank the Chairman and the committee members for the opportunity to attend this session, the purpose of which is to look at construction costs and inflation in the context of housing delivery and affordability. We might ask if costs are increasing, and they are, but the important questions are whether costs are making housing unaffordable and what can be done about it. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Ms Orla Hegarty: To clarify the Dublin City Council housing provision, I am basing my breakdown on the housing needs demand assessment that was done by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as well as the affordable criteria that the Department published. That is to state that effectively the affordable housing scheme is a subsidy that goes between the market price and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...that we do not necessarily have the planning piece in play for the type of homes we would like to be delivered, without even getting into the numbers. That is one thing. Has the relationship with councils changed in the last while? My local authority in Louth at one stage almost deferred all building to AHBs on the basis that they could draw the money down more easily and the council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Ms Orla Hegarty: They are a significant barrier. The figure of 4,000 available spaces for apartments in buildings between the canals came from the Dublin City Council planning department a number of years ago, so some of them may have been reoccupied since. These buildings can be turned around quickly. The infrastructure is there. More importantly, they are integrated into communities...