Mr. Ciarán Nugent:

In terms of getting more people into construction, there are issues in apprenticeships due to low pay and precariousness. There are obviously issues in terms of long-term viability of careers. People look at construction and ask if we have learned the lessons of the past and if they will have to emigrate in ten years’ time, if there is a bubble and is it going to burst, etc. If the State intervenes more in construction and building, it can help develop minimum conditions and pay and security for workers that make it a more attractive area for workers to go into instead of, as some of my own research shows, arguably, way too many people going into third level and ending up not having the labour market outcomes they would like on the other side in high end, high status employment.