Contrasting Housing Supply in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom

The presentation slides are available here.

This event will launch a new ESRI report titled Contrasting Housing Supply in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. 

This report examines the Irish, Northern Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and English residential markets with a particular focus on their capacity to increase housing supply over the short to medium term. The report compares and contrasts how differences, across the housing markets, in key costs of production, the regulatory environment, and economic dynamics have impacted the supply of housing in the different markets.

This research is part of a joint research programme between the Department of the Taoiseach’s Shared Island Unit and the ESRI on the economic and social opportunities from increased cooperation on the Shared Island.

Event programme

10:30

Registration and Coffee

11:00

Welcome Address

Prof Alan Barrett, Director, ESRI

Eoghan Duffy, Principal Officer, Shared Island Unit

11:10

Overview of Report

Prof Kieran McQuinn, ESRI

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11:40

Q&A Session on report

11:50

Panel Discussion and Q&A

Niall Cussen, CEO and Planning Regulator at the Office of the Planning Regulator

Grainia Long, Chief Executive at the Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Eddie Lewis, Lecturer and Commentator on Public Policy

Paddy Gray OBE, Professor Emeritus of Housing at Ulster University

12:50

Close and light lunch