Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery

The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Joe NevilleJoe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I have one or two final points in relation to the gold-plated element of everything. Is that the type of thing that conspires against the delivery of county council homes because, ultimately, we see these exorbitant numbers where they almost have to call something off on the delivery of houses because they are coming out at €600,000 apiece? Is that what we are talking about? Then there is refurbishment. Are we holding ourselves to such high standards that it is killing us not only in terms of delivery but also in maintenance? That is why people might walk past a council estate and see that a place has been boarded up for X amount of time. It is that gold-plated element.

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