Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with IBEC and IEA

4:50 pm

Mr. Michael Slein:

Deputy Byrne mentioned collaboration with UK construction companies. To return to a comment made by our colleagues from IBEC, I would not underestimate the champions we have here in the construction sector, Kentz Group, Mercury Engineering and Laing O'Rourke, all of which are as big or bigger than many UK comparative companies. Therefore, we have companies here that are capable of going out to do massive infrastructure projects.