Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to clarify the witnesses costings and those of the Department. First, the Department has carried out costings based on returns it got in September. It states that ''the cost ranges based on September 2022 tender returns and the impact on cost caused by hyper inflation, temporary works, Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising energy costs, abnormal ground conditions are also excluded''. All of those things are excluded from its costs. Is it appropriate to forget everything that is happening at this point in time to drive down the cost of a levy that is only going to drive up the cost of housing?