Amid the shortage of housing, every aspect of the inputs required to build homes is being looked at. Now the timber industry says there are enough trees in Ireland to build 1.4million homes with plenty of wood left over for pallets, fences, and other wooden items. But why don't we build many homes fully made using timber and what needs to change to ameliorate that?

To discuss Joe spoke to Mark McAuley the Director of Forest Industries Ireland.