Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding that, I will go back to what my colleague referred to earlier, that is, the timeframe involved. In particular over the past four years major efforts have been made to build more local authority houses. The timeframe from when the local authority decides to build to getting the building completed is running now at nearly four years. Can we do something to try to change the process within the local authority? I refer to the time required from design, getting the project out to tender, getting the tenders in for the building and getting it completed. Surely the Department must have looked at a better way of delivering in a faster turnaround time. All of this land is pre-2008, yet in real terms a very small proportion of it has been built on.