Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government
9:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
No. It certainly took a little bit longer than was originally envisaged. If one thinks back to September 2015, which was the first time there was a display of modular type housing units, various parties, including ourselves, went to inspect them. From memory, it was late October before the procurement process for the Ballymun project was started. The contract was awarded before the end of November. That was a very tight period and the units were ultimately available in April. In comparison with a 22-unit housing project, to deliver it in five months is still considerably shorter than my experience of a comparable traditional-build project.
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