Construction sites to re-open on March 5, says Housing Minister

Closing the sites has meant the delay of up to 800 houses per month, Darragh O'Brien has claimed. 

He said the decision to close sites was not to do with a concern of the safety of sites, but more to do with the wider national effort to limit social contacts amid Covid-19. File Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Construction sites will be allowed to re-open on March 5, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said.

He said the closure of sites means the delay of the delivery of between 700 and 800 homes per month and he wants sites open again as soon as it is safe to do so.