Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill contain legislation to give effect to fast-tracking the provision of modular homes that the Government announced again yesterday? In the absence of that legislation and an amendment to the Planning and Development Act, it will take 12 to 18 months to go through the procurement and planning process. That would be to hood-wink people into thinking that these can be provided much earlier than that.

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