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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That particular contract was tendered for two or more years before it started. That is a big issue as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the industry have the capacity to deliver?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Parlon did so in his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will there be shortages of people to do the work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is 500 a month.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Parlon to expand on that. Apart from, obviously, the Ukrainian refugees coming in and so forth, what about generally ramping up house building, including affordable housing, for the Irish population? Where does that stand? What are the challenges to get to the targets we need to reach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Based on our available building skill sets, what is the limit of our capacity to construct? We must remember, in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, that we will have to construct quite a large number of units very quickly. What is our capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They must the oldest brickies in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Let us take a figure of 25,000. Do we have the capacity to go to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could you see the industry going to 40,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: You said 35,000 earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Thank you very much. We will be following up with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister, Deputy McGrath. This meeting came about because TII was before us just before Easter and rang alarm bells. TII did not do that lightly because it is not that type of organisation. This committee had to take on board what TII said and examine it further. We will now follow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is in everyone's interest that we have a sustainable construction sector. Mr. Parlon referenced the taxpayer and it is taxpayers' money we are talking about in the context of public works. We must have a sustainable construction sector. The last point Mr. Sheridan made was that extra capacity could be brought on stream by getting contractors back onto Irish soil rather than abroad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The purpose of the meeting today is to consider a draft Dublin area transport strategy. The meeting will be held in two sessions. To the first session, I welcome from the National Transport Authority, NTA, Ms Anne Graham, CEO, and Mr. Hugh Creegan, deputy CEO and director of transport planning and investment. Our guests are welcome and I thank them for appearing before us. All witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will go to members. It has been agreed that members will go first, followed by substitutes and non-members. I call Deputy O'Rourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is good to see the Senator's confidence in his knowledge of all things Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would say that the Senator is an authority on Dublin and an expert on Limerick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will now move to non-members of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Creegan go through that? Many queries have come in on it. Will he go through the process so we get to a point where we know, without fear of contradiction, that it will not be in the final strategy to be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are they mentioned in the draft strategy?