Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One of the indications of that is that not all of the tier 3 bodies were told they would have to go on-balance sheet. It shows that there are ways around this that may be able to be addressed in the regulation Bill that is coming through. We continue to look at that to see what can be done in that regard. We will continue to fight that good fight. The most important message for the housing bodies is that they have a delivery stream under Rebuilding Ireland and we are determined to make sure that they deliver it, which they will. The classification issue, which is related to accounting is not going to get in the way.

The rapid build housing programme has not been shelved. It is a very unfortunate name. What we are talking about is prefabricated housing off site so that when it gets on site, the on-site piece of housing delivery happens much more quickly. It does not mean that we are short-circuiting planning, architectural design, the procurement process, or approval processes for money from the Department.