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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: ...of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019. I welcome Ms Kathryn Meghen and Mr. John O'Mahony from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland; Ms Caroline Spillane and Dr. Kieran Feighan from Engineers Ireland; Mr. Patrick King and Ms Áine Myler from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland; and Mr. James Benson and Mr. Seán O'Neill from the Construction Industry...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Ms Caroline Spillane: I thank the committee for the invitation to give evidence on this important topic. I am the director general of Engineers Ireland. I am accompanied by Dr. Kieran Feighan, a past president of Engineers Ireland and a chartered engineer. He is joining me in representing our institution at this morning's meeting. Engineers Ireland is one of the oldest and largest...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I ask Dr. Feighan and Ms Spillane from Engineers Ireland to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: We now go to Engineers Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
...health, education and so on services. We need to pull back and review our planning. Local authorities have a role at this level. We have regional oversight but we also need national oversight. Engineers Ireland has consistently called for a national infrastructure commission or a strategic infrastructure unit that examines all of these issues and not simply housing. We very much echo...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
...should be available in-house such that the agency is not reliant on this expertise externally. The issue is whether those skills will be available at the right level and in the right quantities. Engineers Ireland has been examining the profile of those currently in the market who are engineers and those who are considering engineering as a future career. This is an issue on which we...