Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate

Ms Virginia Teehan:

Buildings of scale — grand buildings — are very expensive. There is great value to the investment in terms of economic regeneration and the protection of traditional building and craft skills. These skills are very valuable and sought-after. That is an area we intend to work on also. We have bursaries for traditional skills and are developing a partnership with the centre of excellence in Scotland to upskill people on traditional building and crafts skills. There are great careers in these. However, it is an area where we have not been to the fore in Europe. In that regard, I agree with the Deputy.

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