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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”.
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The head of the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) has said the latest lockdown here has to be the last one .
Adrian Cummins was speaking after the Cabinet COVID-19 Sub-committee
While schools and childcare facilities are set to start re-opening from early March.
Mr Cummins told Newstalk Breakfast that hospitality will play their part, but this has to be the last time. It s been flagged already that mid-summer is when we will be re-opened - obviously our focus now is on sustaining business until that time. We re advocating today to the Government about increasing the business supports: we want the bank moratorium brought in for all hospitality, because the pressure that our industry is [under] many, many businesses haven t even opened since last March.
Employers group Ibec has said that continued uncertainty about when the economy will fully re-open will trigger redundancy conversations in many companies.