Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Ms ?ine Stapleton:

I might touch on that from the social housing perspective. We have provided an additional allocation of 250 staff to the local authority housing delivery teams that would be dedicated to social housing delivery. The issue a number of local authorities are facing at present is the turnover of staff, the tight labour market and the delay in filling vacancies. That is creating maybe a separate issue. They have the resourcing for the posts and they have they funding but it is the turnover of staff. We see it across the public service and, indeed, in the Civil Service. It is a very tight labour market at present. That is creating challenges and we are aware of that.