Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The National Building Agency, now the Housing Agency, to my absolute knowledge and experience was very efficient when it was building houses. It did a fantastic job and we never had a complaint. That is my personal view. I am not trying to trap him into an answer but would Mr. Cummins agree that a one-stop-shop could work? All the experts from the Department, the Housing Agency, the local authorities and specialists would be in one office in one building and deal with all these issues. There would only be one review and one costing done, all of the checks and balances would be done and that would be it. Otherwise I feel, and I am not being disrespectful to the witnesses, bureaucracy would take over. That is what I would like to see.