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. Neil Kerrigan:
I will follow on from what Mr. O'Colmain said about the importance of CLT as an opportunity or a system for industry. NUIG and Professor Harte have done some fantastic work over the years. The industry, like anything else, is looking for certainty. If it is specified and can get through building control, designers and owners will trial it and then the public will see it. The full chain of custody is required to support CLT. Mr. O'Connor spoke about the scale of it. There are three plants in Finland that can supply the output for Europe. We are working very closely with Coillte and the Land Development Agency. We are trying to build platforms of collaboration to share information and experience. We do have some of the inputs. It is a question of working out the full supply chain. At the end of the day, it has to be seen that industry can profit from it and therefore it needs certainty in the marketplace.
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