Second annual conference on the Irish housing and mortgage market
Eoghan Murphy, TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, opened a conference, which took place to present research conducted as part of the ESRI/Department of Housing Joint Research Programme on housing economics.
Conference Programme
Conference Programme
Introduction
8:30
Registration and coffee
9:00
Welcome address
Professor Alan Barrett (Director, ESRI)
9:05
Opening address
Eoghan Murphy (TD, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government)
Session 1
Session 1
House price sustainability and affordability in a regional context
Chair: Michael Hough (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)
9:30
Price sustainability in the Irish regional housing market
Kieran McQuinn (ESRI)
Professor McQuinn presented findings from one of two ESRI Research Notes launched at this event. This Research Note develops a ‘Heat Index’ for the Irish housing market, capturing the sustainability of house prices in each county.
10:00
Mature homeowners and housing: survey results
Eoin Corrigan (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government)
10:30
A county-level view on first-time buyer housing affordability
Conor O’Toole (ESRI)
Dr O'Toole presented one of two ESRI Research Notes launched at this conference. This Research Note examines the affordability of housing for first-time buyers in Ireland at a county level.
11:00
Tea and coffee
Session 2
Session 2
Chair: Martina Lawless (ESRI)
11:15
Conference address: Perspectives on the Irish housing market — the past five years
Sharon Donnery (Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland)
The text of the speech is available to view here.
Session 3
Session 3
Chair: Conor O’Toole (ESRI)
12:00
Roundtable discussion
Participants: Maria Graham (Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government), Donall O’Shea (AIB), David Duffy (Property Industry Ireland), Dara Deering (Home Building Finance Ireland) and Justin Doran (UCC).
12:15
Conference close