Cathal Berry (Kildare South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I raise with the Taoiseach today the issue of modern methods of construction to help alleviate our national housing crisis. We know that the Office of Public Works, OPW, is doing some good work at the moment, putting up modular housing around the country.

These are high-tech high-spec modular units but they are all single storey bungalow-type accommodation. The vast majority of EU countries allow for multistorey modular housing. Entire apartment blocks can be built relatively quickly and safely to a high standard but unfortunately not in Ireland due to the building regulations at the moment. There is a case with the National Standards Authority of Ireland at the moment. Can the Taoiseach give any indication of when we will get a final decision from the National Standards Authority of Ireland so we can get on with building homes for people which we all accept are desperately needed?

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