Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Implementing Housing for All: Discussion
Mr. Coil?n O'Reilly:
We would have units that are finished but again, we are working through the allocations process. It is only a very short time before we can get people into them. As I said before, it falls on me and the team in the excellent team in the Dublin Regional Housing Executive to find emergency accommodation for people who do come in. The importance of bringing new units in as quickly as possible and getting them used is huge.
Construction inflation is a major conversation piece with all projects. Even when trying to get people to tender for projects now it is a question of where construction inflation will be in six months or a year. It is very difficult to know. A builder who has been asked to tender must have a serious think about that and what is happening. It is changing so quickly.
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