Mr. Ciar?n O'Connor:

In most countries, the different methods are comparable cost-wise. In some, the type of construction we are discussing is slightly cheaper. It is not the case that it will be like building prefabricated buildings and will be really cheap. The productivity is taken off site, which means it is not weather dependent, and there are benefits from that. However, there is not a huge difference in cost.

If one compares it to the Dutch, the Danes, and the Germans, it is sort of similar. It is not surprising that it is a similar amount of work.

There is a little detail where we have an issue and we might need to sort it out. For every unit we put in in modular construction, the electrician who does the electrics has to do the electrical connection on the site. Most other European countries do not have that rule, so it means we have to insist that the electrician comes from wherever it was manufactured. They have to go all the way to Cork, do the connection and then go back again. That is not an efficient way to do it, but that is what the Irish rules require us to do. It is those little things that we need to get the glitches out of.

There is another one. An Garda Síochána will charge around €2,500 to act as a guide for any of the large products being brought on a truck. Other countries have come up with a way to resolve that by doing it at night-time. These are small things, but they all add up incrementally.