Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. David Moloney:
I thank the Deputy for that. I will hand over to my colleagues but will make a couple of remarks. I chair the construction sector group, which is still going. It has, over the years, fed in and driven quite a lot of good ideas, particularly around the modernisation of construction practices such as the use of modular, Build Digital and other things. It continues to support that and to support innovation in the construction sector. It is also conceived of as a way for different professional bodies within the construction sector to interact with the Government. It has that function as well and continues to be there. We referred to the housing activation office. We talk to the staff there all the time and are in constant contact with them. I do not think we have any intent at this point to share staff but the intention is that it is a very close relationship. In a way, they will be site-specific, whereas we will be driving the infrastructure. The two will have to meet and we will take the responsibility to make that happen.
On the timelines in the Planning and Development Act, I will ask Ms Connors to give the update on that.
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