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Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Mairead Farrell: Before I begin on the Appropriation Bill, I note that this might be the Minister's last occasion to address the Dáil as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.I thank him for being very constructive throughout his term and I wish him all the best for the future. The purpose of the Appropriation Bill is to give statutory authority for the amounts voted by the Dáil during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

...Office. I am here with my colleague, Mr. Richard Butler. To set the scene, in 2019, the National Building Control Office, was set up as a specialist shared-service business unit hosted by Dublin City Council. The office provides oversight, support and direction for the development and standardisation of building control in the State. The office is also responsible for the national...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...the committee and assisted us greatly in grappling with this important issue. It is also important to acknowledge a number of other actors. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's construction sector working group, and its innovation subgroup, have led the way in many of the debates we are now having. Enterprise Ireland has been very positive in respect of some recent research...

Seanad: Wood for Construction: Motion (30 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Pauline O'Reilly: ...the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in order to devise and implement the necessary policies and legislative changes to remove existing barriers to an increase in the use of timber in construction; second, to work with industry, third level education and State bodies in order to skill up the construction industry on timber as a construction material; and, third, to increase...

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Haughey: ...to climate change and the provision of finance for loss and damage for climate impacts. We have advocated for climate justice at the United Nations, including at the United Nations Security Council. As we know, agreement was reached on the establishment of a loss and damage fund. Developed countries have signed up to providing aid to the developing countries that are hardest hit by...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Pippa Hackett: ...the right tree in the right place, for the right reason, under the right management. The shared national vision also sets out our vision to use wood as a material of choice in the buildings we construct. We canvassed views across society to inform our shared national vision. That consultation was wide and deep; we sought views from communities and young people, from a representative...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...who for years in that Department laid the groundwork for what is a tremendous Bill. I look forward to us all debating it in the next couple of weeks and getting it passed so that we will see the restrictions on the industry that we have all called for over the years so as to try to lessen some of its damaging aspects. Senator McGahon called for a debate on cross-Border tourism,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (15 Nov 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...housing, transport, education, enterprise, sport and climate action. We will continue to monitor and report on capital expenditure developments as the year progresses. In addition, in terms of improving efficiencies and innovation in the construction sector, there are a range of measures currently underway through the Construction Sector Group which is chaired by the Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...walk, cycle or wheel. Each local authority has, in turn, seen a large increase in funding allocation for Active Travel in recent years. In terms of actual spend, 2021 saw €11,162,595 spent by Cork County Council, and to date in 2022 the Council has spent €6,208,151. In line with the majority of other local authorities, the figure for 2022 is likely to increase...

Seanad: Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...it is also a plan for the future. To ensure that supply ramps up to a scale we need to deliver on Housing for All's ambition. We must increase the number of people employed by as well as the productivity of the construction industry. These long-term policies will result in a sustained level of housing output. The Tánaiste announced last summer funding of €5 million over a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (27 Oct 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...;D in the Region has also grown considerably in recent years. The city of Galway is a crucial part of the West’s attractiveness to FDI. IDA’s property investment programme for the West Region included the construction of Advance Building Solutions (ABS) in Castlebar, Co. Mayo and in Galway. An Advance Office Building (AOB) of c.45,000sqft was completed in 2018 in Parkmore,...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Mick Barry: ...is why we need to break with the policies of the market. This is why we need an alternative approach. I support the proposal in this motion. It is an important proposal for the establishment of a State construction company. If one looks at the local authority housing estates in Cork city such as Ballyphehane, Garranabraher or Knocknaheeny, there are many successes there. Yes, there...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Mairead Farrell: ...Google search that. I thank Mr. McGann for that because I was not sure about what is categorised as a windfall and what is not. We hear the Department and we hear what the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, says every time it comes in here, so members of this committee are aware of the over-reliance on corporation tax receipts. My following question is for the Department of Public...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...coming through the door. This could not come at a worse time for working people. It is jarring that the Finance Bill proposes to extend the special assignee relief programme for high rollers moving to Ireland to work with foreign direct investment firms, but someone whose industry was out of action during the first wave of the pandemic or whose employer had to claim the TWSS is left with...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: ...an important Bill for the country. I look forward to working with him on it and wish him the best of luck in his role. When I was in the private sector, I engaged a lot with insurance and the construction industry. I saw claims come in and go out, and dealt with claims in the courts. The one thing I learned was that the day you went to court with a claim was the day you were losing,...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...block crisis. The Government is gung-ho about introducing this levy. It is reasonable to ask where the same enthusiasm is for ensuring strong, robust and effective regulation of the building industry. Why is there not the same enthusiasm for going after those responsible for defects? Why is the Government not ensuring the accountability of developers and companies that have caused...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am from Limerick. I have a construction background, having worked in the sector all my life. I also have a farming background as I grew up on a farm. Dr. Ryan highlighted four main issues. He may have heard from my previous contributions, including in the Dáil, that I go into the local authorities when it comes to pollution. Before I was elected a Deputy, I sat on the council...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: ...of the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight and at every meeting with previous Ministers for Finance I have raised the issue of corporation tax and the warnings by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, about our over-reliance on corporation tax and our vulnerability with regard to corporation tax as a source of expenditure. This is the first Government in my experience that has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: There are a couple of things to be raised with this. First of all, there is the very dynamic nature of the construction sector at the moment. I am presuming that the society's calculation of those costs is based on the huge level of inflation we are seeing in the construction industry. Second of all, ultimately, this is a function of our move away from local authorities in 2015. There was...