Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The commitment was made by the Minister of State further to recommendations over recent months to allow the Housing Agency to conduct an assessment of construction costs. This will identify various aspects associated with what we believe to be excessive costs, one of which will be, I have no doubt, the area of certification. It may well be that on publication of the report, we could enter into an agreement with the committee to ask it to make recommendations immediately that can feed into a decision process as soon as possible in order for this issue to be addressed.

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