Mr. Declan Hughes:

I welcome the Deputy's focus on modular building and off-site manufacturing. We see it as a significant transformation of the construction industry, especially for house building.

Many of those companies and the sector have gone through huge transformation in terms of commercial and industrial buildings over the past ten years. Trading internationally, we see the same potential now with our construction sector. The manufacturing piece is a key part of that. There are better careers also, with no-rain days and so on. We are working very closely with the modular build sector, which is the off-site construction and manufacturing sector, and certification is a key part of that. The NSAI has increased its resources for agrément certification and certification generally. It has expanded the relevant unit. I would be surprised if those timelines are still the practice. I have met a number of companies that have gone through the process. While that has taken time, they are very satisfied now that they have certification, which then gives them assurance on new products or new systems of construction. We will certainly continue to provide the NSAI with additional resources for that. We will come back to the committee again on that.

I will ask my colleague Mr. Newham to comment on the insurance question. Significant progress has been made on the employer liability side, which is very welcome.

On the membership of LEEF, I will take the Deputy's point back to the Department. Chambers Ireland is also a member of LEEF, so it is also represented. I thank the Deputy for the point.

The figures for IDA Ireland site visits show that in the first half of the year, Waterford continued to be in a strong position. If the trend continues, it will be ahead of where it was previously. Who knows what the second half of the year will bring? As the Deputy is aware, this depends on the stream of investment coming in, what investors are looking for and the range of options that is put to them. IDA Ireland is trying to push out to the regions. As I mentioned, it is with capital-intensive and large-scale projects that we are having most success now in the regions. Looking at the figures, the numbers for Waterford so far this year are good.