Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Tom Parlon:

It would make sense. The Government is currently the big customer for housing and it has the capacity to make that call. As Mr. Browne stated, it is a chicken and egg scenario. There is no point in mandating 25% if we do not have the capacity. It will have to be built up by degrees.

With regard to the contract for the modular units for Ukrainians, I am sure Ciaran O'Connor has learned a lot. He is a professional guy with long experience. I am sure he and his team have learned a lot from the time they started up to now in terms of the design and turning it out and so on. It is a learning process. If they choose to do another 7,500 now, they will now that the capacity is there. Some of the companies may have struggled while others have thrived in terms of that competition and opportunity. There was competition to see who would get the bulk of them. Whatever company made the first 20 clearly stated the quality is good and it is ready to deliver another 20 and so on. Some of the companies struggled to deliver them. It will be a process but the State will need to have the impact that-----

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