Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would have to identity inflation as the biggest challenge we have faced, given the cost of raw materials we need to deliver homes has increased in the way it has, with a knock-on effect on many buildings our country expects us to deliver. That, by some way, has been the biggest challenge we will have had in recent years. While I am hopeful it will improve, we should not be naive in assuming improvement will happen quickly. It will take time to begin to see the cost of building projects stabilise. That is why we have made additional capital funding available across this year and the next two years. It is also why we have made changes, as I mentioned to the Deputy earlier, in how we agree the delivery of important projects with developers and service professionals like architects.

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