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New research on Ireland’s infrastructure demands concludes that almost 80K more construction workers are needed to address significant shortfalls in housing, health, transport and electricity there.
The Irish Independent writes:
… Ireland’s infrastructure is reckoned to be 25pc lower per person than the average for a high-income European country…
The report says one of the biggest barriers to delivering infrastructural projects has been the planning system, because its “slow and unpredictable nature” increases costs and delays…
… a ‘key issue’ for addressing the infrastructure deficit is productivity levels in the construction sector, which are low by international standards…
Another reason… is … most Irish construction firms are quite small…
… Ireland has been slow to use modern construction methods, even though they require at least 70pc less labour, and reduce costs by an estimated 20-40pc. Read more….
