Mr. Hubert Fitzpatrick:

The Government itself has introduced significant environmental standards in building over the past number of years. The performance standards of buildings today are equal if not higher than in many other parts of Europe. Regarding the energy performance of buildings today, they are all A-rated buildings, which is a terrific performance standard. Further to what Mr. Stapleton stated, we invested in the carbon calculator - a significant investment by the industry to enable all members to determine their carbon footprint. We backed the supply chain sustainability school - further education within the industry on this most important issue. It is an issue the industry has to be on top of and is progressively supporting. I would not like the message to go out that the industry did not support greater environmental performance; it does but we want to ensure we have a more effective industry delivering on the required standards and that we still operate in an industry that can be viable to work in.