Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Leo Clancy:

I am conscious of time. There are two major actions. We funded a construction technology centre in Galway, which is focused on housing as one of its two major streams. That centre was announced last year and was formally launched just before Christmas. That will help early stage and established companies to access innovation where they have not before. The other programme we have called “build to innovate”. We are working directly with house builders and construction firms with things such as off-site construction. For example, a modular off-site facility can be built in a factory and have the houses come ready to assemble to site. We are working with a number of companies in that regard. We are also working with on-site construction firms and how they apply lean technology, for example, how they take waste out of their processes and become more efficient at developing and delivering houses.