Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery

IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Gerard Brady:

I will do a quick run through them. We have talked to a lot of people regarding the diaspora around the boardroom table, as the Deputy mentioned, but also around the dinner table at Christmas. A lot of people know these issues. People are afraid to come back because they are afraid they will end up in the same situation they were in 2009, 2010 or 2011, where the pipeline of work will not be there for them. That is a massive part, as Mr. Brady said, of trying to market that pipeline of both the projects and the people needed for those projects who are abroad, in addition to trying to convince them that the pipeline of projects is going to stay. These funds, including the infrastructure, climate and nature funds, the use of that money, the use of the Apple money and the commitments we make in those kinds of areas will be very important in being able to sell that story. There is a kind of trust deficit with-----

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