Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)
John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I still do not see the issue. Is it that the bigger guys have soaked up the capacity and that is interfering with the ability of a medium-size builder to get in on the timber-frame side? A medium-size builder who sees that a bigger company is able to throw up timber-frame housing quickly whereas he is stuck with block construction, he will decide he wants a bit of that because it delivers more quickly. Do these companies have the ability to do that? Is it happening? If that is happening, the question remains as to why capacity is not being increased sufficiently to meet the demand?
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