Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar officially launched a cutting-edge project designed to help the construction section to speed up the delivery of critically-needed new housing.

Construct Innovate is a new Enterprise Ireland Technology Centre hosted at University of Galway.

The Centre has been established with funding of €5 million, over five years, to accelerate research and innovation in the construction sector and put the built environment industry at the cutting-edge of developments by utilising the strengths of a network of government, industry and academia.

Construct Innovate will be at the forefront of initiatives to meet the demands of major building and investment programmes as part of Project Ireland 2040 and the National Development Plan 2021-2030; Housing for All; and the Climate Action Plan.

The Tánaiste described Construct Innovate as one of the key actions under the Government’s ‘Housing for All’ plan to drive innovation, productivity and structural change in the construction sector.

“The Centre will help Irish construction companies to develop competitive advantage, using cutting edge products and services that are better performing, more efficient, more environmentally sustainable, and more effective for their customers,” he said.

And he revealed that – through the Housing for All Implementation Fund – he was allocating a further €500,000 in funding for Construct Innovate in 2023 to ‘ensure that the Centre is able to prioritise the projects to bring about immediate results for the residential construction sector’.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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