Construction industry difficulties in Cork
Lyons said Cork’s construction industry had been hit especially hard by a lack of capital and asked for comment. Quinn pointed to uncertainty over industry statistics and referred to the Department’s review and outlook document.
In relation to the Minister's initial reply and the subsequent reply, would he accept, while the statement he made is very general, that the situation outlined by him is far from the reality as far as the Cork area is concerned where the construction industry has taken an unmerciful hammering for lack of capital? Would the Minister like to comment on the situation in Cork?
Comment on this
All I can say, in relation to what the Deputy has said, is that there have always been difficulties in the industry on all sides about the accuracy of statistics. The review and outlook document which we published and which is the substantive document in relation to the building industry, clearly states what the real difficulties of the industry are at the moment.