Dr. Kara McGann:

This was not referring to people coming in on permits to the construction sector as opposed to manufacturing as much as it was to indigenous workers or workers already in Ireland who are attracted out of manufacturing and into construction, given that manufacturing, as an industry with lower margins, cannot compete with the rates of pay available in construction. We saw it happen prior to the last recession whereby workers were drawn into the construction industry.

Those indigenous businesses were not all still there after the crash and, as a result, workers were no longer in the construction sector. We have to learn from what has happened in the past and look at how to address those issues, going forward, with the expectation that there is going to be pent-up demand for both domestic and commercial construction when restrictions are lifted.