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.
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 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 these areas.
How We Work
The Irish Home Builders’ Association is a trade association for housebuilders with a national reach through a network of branches and members that operate throughout Ireland.
The association organises 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.
We are a constituent association of the Construction Industry Federation.
IHBA House Building Summit 2023
The IHBA Housebuilding Summit 2023 took place at Croke Park, Dublin on Wednesday 22nd March. This pivotal conference was attended by 500 guests and featured expert panels and presentations on central issues within the housing industry, including the housing market, the draft Planning and Development Bill, infrastructure delivery, the viability of housebuilding and modern methods of construction. The event stimulated debate and discussion on how Ireland can build more homes for its evolving population and generated widespread media coverage.
Featured Reports & Submissions
from the IHBA
IHBA Submission to the Sustainable and Compact Settlements Guidelines for Planning Authorities
IHBA Letter to Minister McGrath re. RZLT
IHBA Submission to the Land Value Sharing & Urban Development Zones Bill
IHBA Submission to Uisce Éireann’s draft Capital Investment Plan (2025 – 2029)
IHBA House Building Summit 2023
The IHBA Housebuilding Summit 2023 took place at Croke Park, Dublin on Wednesday 22nd March. The event was hosted by the brilliant Ivan Yates and over 500 guests attended to listen to a variety of panels and presentations that focused on key issues within the housing industry at present.
Featured News View All
‘Housing Supply Coordination Task Force (Dublin) Q1 2023 Results’
The Dublin Housing Taskforce returns for Q1 2023 have recently been published. Overall, they indicate that there has been an overall increase in the cumulative number of units permitted planning
Key Diary Dates View All
IHBA National Committee Meeting
The Home Builder
IHBA Newsletter
Summer 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
Downloads View All
IHBA Uisce Éireann Connections Refund Webinar
27th September 2023 pdf (393.62 KB)
IHBA Adaptive Reuse of Our Built/Heritage Environment
26th September 2023 pdf ()
IHBA Letter to Minister McGrath re. RZLT
26th September 2023 pdf ()
IHBA Submission to Uisce Éireann’s draft Capital Investment Plan (2025 – 2029)
26th September 2023 pdf ()
Presentation for Attendees Dublin Workshop
30th May 2023 pdf (24.4MB)
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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.