Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
9:30 am
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I thank the witnesses for their opening presentations and for the materials provided. I will start with the issue of rapid-build modular housing for Ukrainians, people arriving under the temporary protection directive. I do not know if people remember the kind of mini press furore when Passport Express was renamed Post Passport. It did not do the Deputy involved in that story any harm. She is now a Minister of State. Looking at rapid-build accommodation, I wonder if this needs a similar renaming. We could have delivered conventional housing within this timeframe. I say this because we are talking about a two-year process from the start to the finish. I think most conventional builders would say they would be able to get something across the line in that time as well. What will be the anticipated cost per unit by the time we arrive at the 700 units being complete?
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