Mr. David Moloney:

The extent to which the issue is procurement is the problem. We are looking at innovation in construction in the NDP review. A construction sector subgroup chaired by my Department is looking at those issues. We are seeking to drive through change because change is needed in terms of innovation in construction. The reality is that we live in quite a supply constrained environment and I suspect the procurement price that Dublin City Council is seeing with regard to particular sites for particular types of housing developments reflects that. The prices we have actually paid for public land, as evidenced in the IGEES report, paint a different picture. We must unpack that. It is a concern but we must unpack it and see what is really driving those changes and differences in cost. A lot of that may be about the type of development we want to achieve on brownfield sites, particularly high-density development.