Dr. Eddie Casey:

The Deputy makes really good points there. One of things we might easily conclude from the recent experience is that the checks and balances are the problem, but actually it might just be that the capacity is not there now because we have had such a surge in demand in a very short space of time. We have not developed the capacity in the sector in terms of the numbers of workers in construction but also the capacity of the State to absorb these demands as well and put them through those checks and balances. It might not necessarily be the checks and balances themselves but the ability of the State, its planning authorities and other bodies to take on all of this work and push it through the system. Part of the problem is setting up a system that has the steady capacity to deal with these types of things. There is a danger in concluding that the checks themselves are a bad thing when actually there might be a good reason for those.