Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Although each project is different and none of the data therefor are particularly comparable, the data provided by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, NAMA and even the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government indicate that build costs for houses, rather than multi-unit apartments, are in the region of €140,000. Costs such as site servicing, land offsets and so on then push the price up to €180,000 or €200,000. How does Mr. Kenny explain the difference between those figures with a build cost of approximately €140,000 and his estimation of build cost, excluding site servicing and land offsets, as being €300,000? That is a phenomenal gap.