Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 October 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but 59 weeks works on the basis of everything going like clockwork, with no hitches in design or tender, no delays with tender approval and no delays in getting suitable people on site which is difficult, given how busy the market is at present. Builders are making more money from building offices and hotels than from housing. It does not allow for long lead-in periods for builders, for example.

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