Isme chief executive Neil McDonnell has said more businesses are having to provide employees with accommodation supports. File photograph.
“Housing has long been a simmering issue for businesses and now this has taken a turn into the realms of businesses subsidising housing to retain and attract talent in Dublin,” said Aebhric McGibney, the Chamber’s director of public and international affairs. Mr McGibney said even with extensive and substantial Government supports to promote the construction of affordable housing, output was insufficient to meet demand.
Neil McDonnell, chief executive of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association , said the need to provide accommodation in order to attract or retain staff has also become increasingly common in sectors such as hospitality and nursing homes with the figures substantially underestimated because many such tenancies are not registered.