Housing availability 'not a huge constraint' in FDI decisions

IDA chief says infrastructure remains critical for attracting foreign investment into Ireland

IDA chief executive Martin Shanahan: 'I expect to be announcing fairly positive figures for the first half of the year and the outlook for the second half looks reasonably positive as well.'

IDA chief executive Martin Shanahan has said that the availability of housing is a constraint, but not a huge one, in foreign companies’ decisions to invest here.

Answering a question at a Shannon Chamber of Commerce lunch at Dromoland Castle on the availability of housing acting as a constraint on companies’ decisions to invest in Ireland Mr Shanahan said: “It is definitely a constraint, there is no question.