Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with IBEC and IEA

4:50 pm

Mr. John Whelan:

Sorry, on the question on infrastructure, I agree with the IBEC approach. For a long time we have pointed out that many of the big international contracts are given to major international architectural and engineering houses, with either African Development Bank or World Bank participation. Sometimes the only way to gain access to some of these contracts is to work through these other parties. Therefore, collaborative structures in infrastructure areas are probably the only way we will be able to participate. We believe the approach presented by IBEC is fine.

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