Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion

Mr. Conor O'Connell:

I will expand on that a little. We came through an extraordinarily turbulent time in the construction sector from 2008 and 2009 up to 2017, 2018 and even 2019 in certain regions where the market had not recovered. Now, with all these plans, it is hoped there will be a greater degree of stability. It is not to make an excuse but just to explain that ordinary medium or small sized building contractors do not have continuity of work for a carpenter, bricklayer or a plasterer working for them because certain elements of it are built out in a certain timeframe. Even when there was greater direct employment back in the 1950s and 1960s there were people being employed and made redundant a lot. It is all about the continuity of work into the future. That will give greater stability to the specialist contractors.

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