Ms Yvonne Wylde:

I remember when electricity was coming to Ireland or when the sugar factories were built and the Government looked around to see where best practice was. It brought that information in and everybody learned from that. I am not saying that the best practice is abroad at all but the Government took the initiative to find the best practice and then let everybody learn from that. Buildings are being built with these technologies. Somebody has to take the risk. I think the Government has to take the risk and the decision because if one leaves it to market forces, one is leaving huge risk. Building high-rise houses, or any houses, is a huge safety issue. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is trying to make sure that buildings are safe. If one tries to speed things up, one has to put extra controls in to make sure the buildings are safe, whether that is through a higher level of control at the beginning, extra monitoring in the life of the building, or whatever it is to take away that risk or address and alleviate it. Those are some observations.