Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Simon Shevlin:

There is a resource issue regarding builders to tender out this work and get timelines to complete the work. As we all know, there is a shortage of labour throughout the sector and with small jobs like this, especially voids, it is sometimes very hard to get a timeline from a builder to do the work. If we get a timeline, as my colleague, Mr. Gilligan, said, it could be six or nine months until the work starts.