Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Tom Parlon:
There are labour constraints all over the place - not just in construction, but right across the board. When our industry was closed down earlier this year for almost three months, labour in construction, which is inclined to be quite transient, took off across Europe and the UK. The certainty in terms of future work that the new housing policy has brought, along with the imminent announcement of the national development plan and the climate change action plan, will attract back much of our diaspora that has gone working elsewhere. We will begin to attract some other players as well that were a very big part of the industry here, but there are constraints. We are competing with other sectors. The industry generally pays quite well. We will also be looking at making the best use of innovation, off-site construction and new technology to speed up the delivery of housing.
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