Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA)
The Irish Home Builders’ Association (IHBA) represents hundreds of home builders of all sizes across Ireland. We support home builders to deliver quality homes and advocate on behalf of housing and planning matters in our efforts to deliver more homes for more people.
As the voice of the residential building sector in Ireland, we are committed to delivering much needed-homes across the country, at a time of unprecedented demand for housing.
What We Do
Irish Home Builders’ Association seeks a strong and positive role for the housing industry in Ireland’s economy and in the life and development of our communities. Part of attaining this goal is supporting the development of policy that achieves the construction of homes to meet the urgent housing needs of Ireland’s growing population.
We are the leading source of information and advisory services on all housing, planning and development issues in Ireland. With the ever-changing landscape of the Irish housebuilding industry in mind and based on over 90 years’ experience representing the industry sector, the Irish Home Builders’ Association has developed a range of services designed to support companies engaged in the housing, planning and development sectors.
How We Work
The IHBA is a trade association for housebuilders with a national reach through a network of Branches and Members that operate throughout Ireland. The IHBA organizes regular National and Regional Committee meetings, Workshops, Webinars, and Briefings. We bring together builders and industry experts from across the country to share information and ideas, and to formulate recommendations to the government to improve the quality and affordability of homes.
Based on the IHBA’s long-term experience representing homebuilders and the constantly changing nature of the sector, the IHBA has developed a range of services designed to support companies engaged in the housing, planning and development sectors. The IHBA is the leading source of information and advisory services on all housing, planning and development issues in Ireland. We are a constituent association of the industry representative body the Construction Industry Federation.
IHBA Photo Highlight Reel
2022 saw a number of IHBA events where members could network and engage with industry stakeholders while gaining further insight into schemes such as the First Home Scheme, Project Tosaigh, and Croi Conaithe, among others. Outside of our regular Webinars, National Committee Meetings and breakfast briefings, we kick started the event calendar with the Annual IHBA Housing Summit at Croke Park in April followed by the IHBA Regional Housing Workshops throughout April & May. There was a great turnout for our Annual IHBA Housing Lunch in September, which returned after a two year hiatus. We closed out the year with Prospects ’23, an informative morning briefing where Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien welcomed attendees and gave a high level industry overview. Over the following two hours, key personnel from the Department of Housing, and other state bodies, provided updates to members and addressed any queries.
Featured Reports & Submissions
from the IHBA
IHBA Submission to the National Planning Framework Review
IHBA Submission to First Home Scheme
IHBA Submission to the First Mover Disadvantage CRU
IHBA Submission to the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)
IHBA Prospects ’23 Breakfast Briefing
The IHBA held a morning briefing on Thursday 8th December at the Crowne Plaza, Santry, where the various housing supply schemes were discussed. The Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien TD, welcomed attendees and gave a high level industry overview. Over the following two hours, key personnel from the Department of Housing, and other state bodies, provided updates to members on schemes such as Project Tosaigh, Croi Conaithe, and the First Home Scheme.
Featured News View All
Construction Industry Federation welcomes Draft Planning and Development Bill approved by Cabinet today.
Press Release Immediate Release 13th December 2022 Construction Industry Federation welcomes Draft Planning and Development Bill approved by Cabinet today. The Construction Industry Federation has welcomed the Draft Planning and
Key Diary Dates View All
IHBA National Committee Meeting
Online via Zoom Link
IHBA Housing Summit 2023
Croke Park, Jones' Rd, Drumcondra
IHBA Housing For All Workshop – Wexford
The Promenade, Enniscorthy,
IHBA Housing For All Workshop – Tullamore
Tullamore Court Hotel, B Daly 2 O' Moore St
IHBA Housing For All Workshop – Sligo
Sligo Park Hotel, Hazelwood Suite Pearse Rd
The Home Builder
IHBA Newsletter
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
Downloads View All
Supplementary Submission to the Residential Zoned Land Tax
28th February 2023 pdf (909.62 KB)
CIF Opening Statement to the Oireachtas
13th February 2023 pdf (184.64 KB)
IHBA Submission to the Residential Zoned Land Tax
28th February 2023 pdf (1.02 MB)
Uisce Eireann Presentation to IHBA Members 27th January 2023
28th February 2023 pdf (72.30 KB)
SCSI Residential Property Review 2023
28th February 2023 pdf ()
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Key Contacts
in the IHBA
Conor O’Connell
Director, Housing, Planning & Development
Conor joined the CIF in 2001 and has worked in several roles within the CIF representing members and industry issues to a wide variety of industry stakeholders. Conor is also the Secretary of the Regional Development Committee of the CIF and is responsible for the development of CIF Regional Development Policy as well as stakeholder engagement on construction policy issues across Government Departments, Semi-State Agencies, Local Authorities, Politicians and various regional bodies. Conor is a strong advocate for the role of the construction industry in regional development through the provision of infrastructure. Conor holds a mix of qualifications in Business, Law, Industrial Relations and prior to his current role he worked extensively in employee relations in the construction sector. Until 2022, Conor was the Southern Region Director for the CIF, before taking up the role of Housing, Planning & Development Director.
Aine McGinity
Housing, Planning & Development Executive
Before joining the CIF in October 2021, Aine worked in the UK as Enterprise Manager for Overbury Enterprises, a 6,000-acre rural estate in the heart of Gloucestershire, UK. Aine is Executive of Housing, Planning and Development and offers support and advice to members of the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA), whilst representing their interests on related committees and working groups. The role also includes developing strategy, as part of a team, and engaging with Government Departments, Local Authorities, agencies and other stakeholders to ensure members’ views are formally considered and communicated. Aine has a Master’s Degree in Rural Estate & Land Management from Harper Adams University and a Certificate in Construction Project Management from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Rosie James
Executive of Housing, Planning and Development
In 2016, Rosie qualified with a masters in Rural Land and Business Management from the University of Reading, before working at Bidwells in Cambridge where she qualified as a surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). She then moved to London, working as a surveyor within the estate management team for the Duchy of Lancaster. Before moving to Dublin in October 2022, Rosie worked as a researcher at CoStar, a commercial real estate data company. Rosie joins the CIF as an Executive of Housing, Planning and Development and provides support and advice to members of the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA). Rosie works with the IHBA team drafting submissions to consultations, engaging with various stakeholders, including government departments, local authorities and other relevant parties to ensure members’ views are properly represented.
Cathy Gurry
Administrator
Cathy joined the CIF in 2003 and over the following years, Cathy worked in the Industrial Relations and Manpower Department giving advice to members regarding Employment Law and HR issues. More recently in addition to advising members in Employment Law, Cathy now offers full-time support to the Housing Director, in an administrative role.