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

I do not dispute that but our difficulty is that if the Government's targets are met, we will churn out a considerable volume of homes. Those homes will contribute significantly to emissions outputs. This is in no way to show a criticism of anything Mr. Armstrong has said and the information he gives to committee is always very helpful to us, but there is an opportunity now to do this as expeditiously as possible without in any way compromising the quality of the standards. There is a frustration out there because, as far back as 2016, Government policy had indicated it wanted to start doing this. We have been talking about modern methods of construction and modular development in terms of Government policy for quite a long time but we are still building homes with almost the same level of embodied carbon as we were five years ago. From everything Mr. Armstrong has said, none of which I am criticising, my concern is that we could be here, if we are all still lucky enough to be elected, in 2026, at the end of this phase of the Government's housing plan, without a wild lot having changed in terms of how we construct and the materials we use for the overwhelming majority of residential units built in the State. That is my worry.