Progress made under 'Construction 2020' will create new jobs in the sector in 2015, the Minister for Environment, Community & Local Government has confirmed.

Minister Alan Kelly said: "The main priority for this Government is job creation. We need to get people back to work and we need to build homes to address the supply issues that exist.

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"Increasing supply will also address rising house prices and building homes creates jobs. It is a no-brainer and we must ensure continued progress in reducing unemployment and creating sustainable jobs."

The Government's 'Construction 2020 – a Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector', provides the basis for rebuilding a sustainable construction sector that has the capacity to build the houses and infrastructure needed as a society, and making its full contribution to economic recovery.

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