The Government’s plan to speed up the construction of badly needed infrastructure will be a make or break test for the State, experts say. “Full and swift” implementation of the plan is crucial to avoid further delays, Stephen Garvey, chief executive of housebuilder, Glenveagh Properties, argued. Mr Chambers’ Accelerating Infrastructure – Report and Action Plan aims to cut the planning and legal delays that hamstring efforts to build the infrastructure needed to meet these challenges. They were joined by Anne O’Leary, head of tech giant Meta’s Irish business; Dalton Philips, chief executive of Greencore; Gene Murtagh, chief executive of Kingspan; Jim Mintern, chief executive of CRH; Lynne Embleton, chief executive of Aer Lingus; and Michael O’Flynn, chairman of builders O’Flynn Group. Andrew Brownlee, chief executive of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) pointed out that without this detail “investment planning becomes impossible”.

Source: The Irish Times December 04, 2025 06:26 UTC