John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is an important point. At the end of last year I visited the CEO of Medite Smartply in Waterford Port. I raised the question of how to test that in Scandinavia. He pointed to Scotland and what they have managed. I have previously mentioned it at this committee. I know we are also going to explore the ability to go higher. They have achieved it. The CEO showed me the footage and the test data to support it. We are not looking to reinvent the wheel. Capacity is key, and how we build it is of the utmost importance. It is a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation. The State has to lead, but the private sector also has a significant role to play in diversifying its models and refining its processes to streamline them in a more efficient way. In time that will result in a lower price, but in the initial phases it will not. You do not have the scale, if you look at it in terms of the Ryanair model of house building.