Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being done in his Department to promote the use of modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5719/24]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Modern methods of construction, or MMC, is a key way of helping to address Ireland’s housing needs. MMC has the potential to increase productivity and efficiency, improve delivery, and reduce cost and waste in construction.

My Department, alongside the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, published the ‘Roadmap for increased adoption of Modern Methods of Construction in public sector housing delivery’ in July last year. The 28-action Roadmap takes a holistic approach to improving the MMC ecosystem.

Coordination of activities to promote MMC development and adoption is being led under Housing for All by my Department which now chairs an interdepartmental MMC Leadership and Integration Group to drive government supported MMC-relevant initiatives.

These include:

In conjunction with the above initiatives, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is also facilitating MMC adoption in public housing. Additional resources have been deployed to support local authority delivery and the Department of Housing is working with Local Authorities to delivery approximately 1500 dwellings using Modern Methods of Construction through the Accelerated Housing Delivery programme. A specific focus for the Housing Agency is to incorporate MMC into the social housing build programme, and a guidance document now exists for the provision of “design and build” housing projects using MMC.