Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities

9:30 am

Mr. David Kelly:

A lot is happening in this area. Under the national planning framework, we are seeing more in-fill and brownfield development so a lot of design is going to be site-specific. We will see more duplexes and apartments. We are probably not quite in the same position as we were with some of the housing developments. On the other side of it, local authorities are using standard designs and layouts so a lot of that is pre-set. It is a case of "here's what we need". We are seeing a reduction in house types facilitating design support. A recent development in Limerick involved a small number of similar designs and very fast construction using modular techniques. We are looking to do more of that with-----