Mr. David Browne:

As Ms McManus pointed out, other countries' space standards are smaller than ours, which reduces build costs. As to quality standards, though, various elements are left out. Ms McManus referred to cavity walls. When I spoke to Deputy McAuliffe, he mentioned how eyebrows were raised at the fact that we had cavity walls despite the fact that our climate was not that much different from that of other countries. That is very much embedded in the culture of house building in Ireland, but perhaps it could be examined.