Marian Finnegan

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404 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 19 Aug

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Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock · How many new homes does Ireland really need? · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

So what the measure has done, it's not perfect.

There's no doubt there's people availing of it that possibly don't need it.

But the research

Well there's

Without it.

However, what we are seeing is progress.

So if you've got a a market that is as challenged and no one is is is doubting that the market is challenged, I think we need to put uh make progress and not let perfection get in the way of that.

Could we refine it?

We absolutely could, but it is benefiting stock levels and that's what's important.

keep going up.

But y the market in in and of itself, all of these there's there's no doubt here when you if you critique the first home scheme or you critique the help to buy scheme, there is no doubt that they are challenged.

But I think what we have to stand back and say, rather than critiquing every measure that's brought in, look at the collective impact that they've had and then decide which ones are the most effective.

So if you look back, there are thousands of what forty-eight measures in place in place now that

That have impact supply, but we've moved from building five thousand houses to building forty thousand hopefully this year.

So the stock of available.

So you can put money well.

Usually does money

I think the majority of it is money well spent.

I d I don't think all of it is money well spent, but I think the majority of it it is.

And I think what we need to do now is decide which of these measures are likely to be the most effective to generate sustained supply increase.

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