Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Review of the Capital Plan: Construction Industry Federation

4:00 pm

Mr. Dominic Doheny:

I apologise to the Deputy. It is absolutely critical that our industry can allocate and plan over a number of years. If we are trying to attract people into the industry at second or third level, they have to see there is a ten-year plan. If they are going to be an engineer or an architect, they must see an industry funded in all areas, including infrastructure, so they can invest their education into it. That is something we are looking for that our companies can plan around.

Mr. Parlon alluded to the rainy day fund. We see it as critical investment to fight off the negatives of Brexit and anything else coming down the tracks. It is critical investment. If we were to choose between a rainy day fund and critical infrastructure investment, we would choose the critical infrastructure.

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