Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. David Browne:
It will have to be phased in. It is not possible just to flick a switch and produce it because we have virtually no capacity here at the moment. First, the mandate for, say, 25% of public buildings to be MMC would start things moving. In two to three years as the industry matured and began to get confidence, that would then allow the introduction of a pipeline. The components of the pipeline are between the public and the private sector. Big house builders should be involved. There is the possibility of collaboration between public and private sectors to develop a pipeline rather than leaving it just to the public sector.
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