John Cummins (Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for attending. They are the experts and we are the politicians, so the questions I am going to put forward will be in layman's terms. I have looked at the area of timber construction and nearly 90% of new-build construction in Scotland, whose climate is not too dissimilar to our own, is timber based, and it has gone higher than the 11 m that has been mentioned. Are we saying what has been done in Scotland is wrong or is somehow inferior to what we are seeking to achieve in Ireland? Why can we not take the practice of our nearest neighbour and apply it in Ireland? Mr. Nestor and Ms Neary might wish to take that.