Michael Collins (Cork South-West, Independent Ireland Party)

We are depending on migrant workers to build these houses. These workers have come from Poland, Latvia, Moldova, Bolivia, South Africa and other places across the world. As I said, there are 300,000 new homes needed by 2030 and there are 170,000 people working in construction, but 30,000 to 40,000 is a lot of people to be found between now and 2030. All these workers need to be trained. How many years will it take to achieve the number of qualified craftspeople necessary to meet the demand for housing supply?

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