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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: ...funding to service sites. Even with all this support, which can be almost €150,000 per unit, we sometimes do not get a price that my colleagues here might regard as affordable. Is the cost of construction the key barrier? What can we do to tackle the issue of the cost of construction and the inflationary impacts? I welcome the announcement of the Minister for Public Expenditure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Emer Higgins: ...our guests for being here with us. I was particularly struck by something Mr. Benson said about traineeships and how some potential apprenticeships could be looked at in that way. Last week was Construction Work and Skills Week, and I attended the Intreo trade fair in Tallaght Stadium, which was a recruitment event aimed at young people. There was a massive queue of young people outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses and apologise for missing their introduction because I was on the road on my way up. I am delighted to be here. What difference can we make to help the construction sector? We have talked about the cost of building houses. I will use one simple example. In 2020, a 2,000 sq. ft house cost €240,000 plus VAT which came to €272,400, and the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: There is a little bit of déjà vuwith this. In 2016, when the housing crisis was becoming very apparent, industry representatives lobbied and said they would not be able to deliver housing until, for example, minimum standards were revised and guidelines came from the Department which provided for co-living, build to rent, and student accommodation. Yet we are still sitting here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...be no longer moving towards affordability but just towards the market price, which was a problem previously. I think that is important to emphasise in the context of this conversation. Turning to the Construction Industry Federation, and this is a reflection and not in any way a criticism, given I agree in respect of the data underpinning the housing needs demands assessment, HNDA, Mr....