There is a drastic shortage of planning experts in the public and private sectors. It won’t help that planning experts were not included in the initial round of skills shortages, which the Government is hoping to highlight.

Now the Irish Planning Institute says that almost 2/3 of public sector bodies say they have “significant shortages“ of experts and it is holding up the whole economy. Sean O’Leary a senior planner with the IPI from Cork gave Joe more details on these findings.