Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I thank Ms Costello. To make my point a little clearer, we are seeing concerns there is going to be capital carry-over because the concern is the private sector cannot meet the demand or be able to actually use all that money and build all the different projects. I could have said that in a much more fluid way but my question was what would be the view on having a State-owned enterprise that would intervene. Mr. Downes mentioned the capacity issues and that we must train people up with apprenticeships and whatever else in order that they are able to deliver the supply needed to meet the demand. I wonder what the witnesses' views are on that. Do they feel a State-owned enterprise for construction would be of benefit?
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