Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed)

4:30 pm

Mr. Ian Talbot:

We could replicate a lot of Mr. McGrane's list, but let me add that the national planning framework is critical and we need buy-in from all elements of society to deliver it. We need a focus of the national planing framework so that we can start to invest in the right infrastructure in the right places rather than invest randomly in infrastructure. We need to find more ways to increase the amount we are spending on infrastructure. We need to look at our planing laws to see how we can deliver critical infrastructure projects. We believe we need to put the right infrastructure in place to facilitate growth for the future.