Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Ciar?n O'Connor:
I think so because everything has a value. The question is which value is the most important. As there are social values and other values, it would not just be a matter of doing carbon accounting and saying you cannot touch that building. If the need for that building is, say, for another social use, it widens the discussion. It is a matter of layering the discussion but we also have to avoid it being too bureaucratic and not coming to a tick-box situation, where there are ten more tick boxes to go through than last year, because what then happens is people turn off. If the benefit is made simple and clear, then people tend to be co-operative.
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