Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I had an unanswered question from the previous round for the OPW, which I will pose again to Mr. O'Connor. It is really around how we can save time and whether any lessons have been learned from the site services perspective. We have had more detailed discussions since then, and I can see the point Mr. O'Connor made with regard to these sites not being Housing for All sites and there being some problems within them. It would be really interesting to hear whether there are any learnings we can bake into the plan going forward that could really become a time saver for us.

Following on from my comments earlier about apprenticeships and to let people know in case they are not aware, to mark Construction Work and Skills week this week, Intreo has a construction jobs, apprenticeships and training expo this Friday in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. I was at the expo that was held in Tallaght Stadium last year, which was hugely successful. It was great to see how much private sector engagement there was; it would be great if we had a little bit more public sector engagement at this. It is about finding that pipeline of apprenticeships coming through and seeing how we can harness them into being the additional 50,000 workers we need in this industry. I will hand over to Mr. O'Connor.