Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion

3:00 pm

Mr. David Dalton:

Yes, that would be correct. It also reflects the capacity we think is within the sector to deliver and not just the current capacity. The observed current capacity is an additional 3,000 units per year on average over the lifetime. We are setting out a range of targets that are actually an increase of 4,500 on them. That is a 50% increase. To get to that 60,000 the Department of further and higher education has done an analysis of the skills needed. I think it is an increase of around 50% in the skilled workforce required to deliver that. It is a very significant step up. The targets for 2025 and 2026 reflect a modest start and then a very significant increase thereafter. That reflects the time needed to make that step change in the measures needed to get there.

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