Mr. P.J. Ryan:

The timber in construction, the modern methods, all standards associated with those, and the fire standards. People are probably reluctant, especially in taller buildings, to use timber. It is about getting all that through. We are not the consulting design teams, but once it is into the design teams, the architects and engineers get the green light, and we know there are no consequences, then we can start using this material. One of our members is doing a timber building down in Wicklow. D/RES is doing the property and it is timber but they had to clad the timber columns in fire proofing. So, there is this low-carbon timber structure but it still has to be clad in something for a fire-proof reason. As I understand it, in reality, even if there was a fire, it might char on the outside but it would never completely burn.