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

Will Mr. Armstrong explain what those frameworks are in plain English? We know the development cycle, particularly for large residential developments, is five to seven years from when a site is acquired, planning permission is sought, go to tender, procurement, etc. With each year or six-month period that passes, seven years of a development cycle of individual projects is lost. Is Mr. Armstrong saying that in parallel with developing the certification and standards, the Department is also looking at how we operationalise those standards and certification frameworks in the planning code, building control and fire safety? It is a really obvious one. We can see how other jurisdictions are using really high-quality zero-carbon off-site manufactured timber products that are of the highest energy efficiency and meet the highest fire safety standards and are approximately €1,000 cheaper per square metre in the delivery of good-quality apartment developments. We cannot use those here even though that technology is available because we cannot go over 10 m. Clearly, if we are going over 10 m with new types of building technology, we must make sure our building control and fire safety control are robust so they can certify those. Is Mr. Armstrong saying those type of discussions are already happening or will all that only start happening once those frameworks are in place?