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
Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
Is that because people are afraid to make decisions? Is there a culture of fear, be it in a local authority, housing body or some other body, that unless gold-plated housing is delivered, the body might get called out and, therefore, it will not do so? Nobody is going to lose a job over looking for the best, but he or she might if questioned after it over cutting corners. I am not saying we should cut corners, but is the best in class versus-----
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