This report, submitted to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS), presents research and analysis conducted by Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants (Indecon) to support the development of a national framework for meeting priority construction workforce needs.
A number of landmark Government strategies has highlighted the major demands to be met from Ireland’s construction workforce to meet Government priorities in housing, climate action, and other infrastructure. This report provides an analysis of the scale of Ireland’s construction skills gap, and provides a number of recommendations around: