Mr. Tom Parlon:

The new building regulations set a standard and clearly that is adding to the cost. A cheap house cannot be built at the moment. They are all built to a standard, which brings its own cost. However, the Government put a housing delivery unit in place as well and deployed some hard nosed, experienced civil servants to see where the stoppages are. There is frustration. I have made many contacts with the unit and I have received a good hearing. I said, for example, that developments were being held up here, there or wherever but there is a high level of inaction and difficulty getting activity going within the public sector, despite the good push from the political side to put the funding in place and from the Department. It seems to be difficult for the public sector to get some projects over the line.