Housing market needs institutional investors, says Taoiseach

Micheál Martin said a certain level of private investment in the system was needed to ensure a balanced market

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said "we are a country that has always been open to private sector investment; there will be a need for private sector investment in house building". Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Taoiseach says that institutional investors are part of the housing landscape and that there is an "overly simplistic narrative around the housing story".

Micheál Martin told journalists that a certain level of private investment in the system was needed to ensure a balanced market.