The country’s leading construction companies are warning the ban on non-essential construction is damaging Ireland’s international reputation and putting future foreign direct investment at risk.
In a letter to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Construction Industry Federation director general, Tom Parlon, asked the Government to reconsider the extension of the ban on non-essential building work.
The letter, signed by the country’s biggest construction firms, warned the extension of the ban will “damage Ireland’s reputation and reduce foreign direct investment as no other country has locked down construction”.
It said future housing supply will be reduced by 800 homes a week and the ban will “wipe over €3bn of construction output from the Exchequer”.