Mr. Des O'Toole:

On the competencies, there are Irish design practitioners, architects, fire engineers and consultants who design mass timber buildings in other jurisdictions. I am not saying every engineer can design for timber. There is further work to do on the education and promotion of general architects and engineers anyway. We have expertise in Ireland. We have proven we can do it.

On the strength grade, C16 is just a grade. One can design a full timber-framed house that is C16. It does not have to be C24 or TR26. It is just a design solution that needs to be applied. One can manufacture CLT and one can make timber frames in C16.