Mr. Pat Nestor:

Certainly, for two- or three-storey housing, timber frame and the use of timber materials is very common. I believe there are about 17 registered timber frame manufacturers in the country, so the capacity does have a limit. Timber frame is very widely used in two- and three-storey housing, which is the predominant type of housing countrywide. For apartment blocks, we see up to four storeys of timber frame in Dublin city. It requires a high level of attention to detail to get the construction and fire-stopping right and the cavity barriers correctly fixed and placed properly, with proper materials, in a resilient way in order that they will not fall away in two or three years. It is so important for the safety of the people in the building and, in the event of a fire, for the safety of responding firefighters that the building perform. The attention to detail is very important.