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Goodbody Webinar: An assessment of land provision in Ireland


Dermot O'Leary

DERMOT O'LEARY

Chief Economist

Dermot O’Leary joined Goodbody in 2003. As Chief Economist, he is responsible for the economics output of the research department. This role entails providing commentary and analysis for a large range of domestic and international clients through regular research reports and briefings. His work focuses on the Irish and UK economies and their respective housing and banking sectors particularly. He is also a member of the company’s asset allocation committee, assessing global macro developments that influence clients’ portfolios. He was appointed by the Minister for Housing to the Housing Commission in Ireland. In that role, he chaired the committee responsible for looking into medium-term issues around finance, viability and capacity, amongst other areas. During Ireland’s adjustment programme with the EU/IMF, he was a regular private sector participant in the missions. He is regular contributor to domestic and international media such as the Irish Times, RTE and the Financial Times.


Goodbody Chief Economist Dermot O’Leary has published a new report on the Irish housing market.

The updated National Planning Framework (NPF) will contain significantly higher housing targets due to increased population projections and the need to deal with a large housing deficit (estimated by the Housing Commission at c.235K) in Ireland. Ensuring that there is sufficient available zoned and serviced land is vital if these housing targets are to be met.

The report assesses the system of land provision in Ireland as well as using a new dataset (developed with KPMG Future Analytics) from mapping for the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) to quantify the extent of zoned, serviced land across the 31 local authorities.

Click here to read the full report.