Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with everything the Deputy has said. We can look at other countries and recognise that in some cases they are more advanced in their construction methods than we are. That is not only true in Europe but also in Asia. I have spoken to people in China responsible for social housing delivery and so on through off-site construction. Part of what is happening now is that because the State has clearly laid out its financial investment plans for the coming decade under Housing for All and the NDP, there is a clear market for companies that are involved in MMC and have many years of experience of building, for example, apartment blocks off-site to come to Ireland and invest here. We have clearly laid out that 30,000 homes were completed in Ireland in the past calendar year. We are going to be delivering that quantity every year until 2030. We are creating a market supported by the State, working with the private sector, where there will be an enormous quantity of construction activity that can support a major investment by an MMC provider in Ireland. Providing that guarantee of spending will attract the right players into the country.

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