Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate)

1:00 pm

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I think it is because they are bigger, in that they tend to be bigger homes or it tends to be a more detailed extensive job. The warmer homes scheme sometimes does not include all the different measures.

It is a sign of more work done, not higher prices applying. It is the same industry, in many instances the same contractors, and the same skills, so I do not see why one project would be overpriced and another less so. It is just more work being done.