Celtic Tiger era tax breaks could stimulate housing production, report finds

The report from the Government’s annual pre-budget summit, the National Economic Dialogue (NED), contains a number of suggestions to improve the supply of housing in the years ahead. File picture

The Government should consider providing further public subsidies, including the likes of controversial Celtic Tiger-era Section 23 tax breaks to private developers to stimulate housebuilding, a new report has said.

The report from the Government’s annual pre-budget summit, the National Economic Dialogue (NED), contains a number of suggestions to improve the supply of housing in the years ahead.