Local authorities were criticised at Tuesday’s meeting for their failure to zone more land for residential building. Photograph: iStock
Infrastructure constraints, a lack of international finance and the prolonged time it takes to navigate the planning process are making it impossible for Government to meet its housing targets, one of the country’s leading builders has told an Oireachtas committee.
Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey said the industry was operating under “a major but rarely-discussed contradiction”.
“Ireland needs thousands of homes quickly, but it also wants these homes built under an increasingly stringent rule bo
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