Results 141-160 of 503 for construction industry council

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...are coming from with regard to the crisis we face with housing. We had a seven-year period after a severe economic crisis during which very few homes were built at all. The banks were bust, the construction industry collapsed and the Government was not in a position to build new housing because of the fiscal crisis. In that period, however, the population continued to grow and many new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Please find table below outlining my Department's engagement with the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection and Israel's Ministry of Housing and Construction. Date Unit within DHLGH Engagement with Initiated by Type of Engagement Topic(s) 08-Aug-22 Climate and Construction Innovation Unit Israel’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (11 Nov 2014)

Mr. Kieran Mulvey: I thank the Chairman and members for extending an invitation to the Labour Relations Commission to make its observations on the general scheme of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014. First of all, I apologise. I sent down a draft of our observations on the Workplace Relations Bill and it was brought to my attention last Friday that I had sent the committee the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (3 Nov 2016)

Damien English: ...on 19 July 2016, sets out a broad range of further measures to tackle, among other things, some of the costs associated with the provision of housing in the interests of reducing construction overheads in order to facilitate an increased level of housing output into the future. In particular, a €200 million Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) will provide much...

Report on Building Standards, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Motion (24 May 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Helen McEntee: ...control reform agenda has been developed: first, reform of the building control process; second, the establishment of a national building control management project, NBCMP; and third, putting the Construction Industry Register Ireland, CIRI, on a statutory footing. It was through the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Sl 9 of 2014, known within the industry as BCAR, that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Renewable Industry Forum and Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industry: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

...from, I moved back to Ireland from the UK last year having spent the previous ten years working in offshore wind there with a Danish energy developer, Ørsted. I was involved in development, construction and operations. Something that I saw that was a success and that has since become a platform for growth of offshore wind and ensured that the benefits of offshore wind energy are...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Dominic Hannigan: ...Irish Rural Dwellers Association have about the make-up of the board. Part 5, dealing with social and affordable housing should be also reviewed. I was disappointed to learn this morning that the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, is attacking Clare County Council because it is using the Act to ensure that 20% of housing in the county is social and affordable. The CIF is concerned...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Michael Comiskey: I welcome the good news that €30,000 has been allocated to Leitrim County Council to have a look at the old railway line that runs from Sligo through Leitrim and Cavan into Northern Ireland, with the prospect of opening up a greenway. This would be a great boost for jobs in the area in its construction and in tourism enterprise. The fact that it runs close to the original Rainbow...

Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

John Browne: ...' value. I expect he will announce this evening the reversal of last week's budget decision on the schemes. On Thursday, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will attend the annual EU Council meeting on fisheries in Brussels. Knowing about it from my experience in the Department, the Minister will argue for three days with his European counterparts about the importance of...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Apr 2008)

John Gormley: ...to give urgent consideration to publication of additional guidance in relation to appropriate protocols for testing underfloor infill material. My Department is represented on this Panel, as is the construction industry. Following a public consultation process, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has now published a new Standard Recommendation, which is a definitive...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (15 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: .... My Department provides research and secretarial support to the Group, and as part of the national skills architecture, the EGFSN's analysis helps inform the work of the National Skills Council, which advises on the prioritisation of identified skills needs and the allocation of resources across the education and training system to address these needs. As part of its 2020 and 2021...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (27 Feb 2008)

John Gormley: ...to give urgent consideration to publication of additional guidance in relation to appropriate protocols for testing underfloor infill material. My Department is represented on this Panel, as is the construction industry. Following a public consultation process, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has now published a new Standard Recommendation, which is a definitive...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...is not responsible for housing, but I asked her if she has had or will have continuous crisis meetings to address this issue. A pilot scheme in Limerick does not address it. The plan to get the construction industry going will not address it in the short term. It will take at least five years if the Government puts the money into local authorities, which it is not doing. The Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I look forward to visiting Sligo again. I have been trying to get out there. I am visiting Westmeath County Council tomorrow and I look forward to visiting the county councils in both Sligo and Leitrim to talk to them about the climate action plan we have to deliver together. I am looking forward to visiting Sligo in particular because one of the most interesting pathfinder projects in our...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government sought to bring in contractors and minimum standards were not observed. If Dublin City Council can have an arrangement with contractors that requires compliance with minimum standards why can this not be applied in the rest of the economy? Instead, the Tánaiste went to Turkey and brought in a company that abused Turkish workers and the Government made a special arrangement...

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,...

Ministerial Appointments. (18 Nov 2009)

Brian Cowen: ...date is set out in a schedule. Additional material not supplied on the floor of the House. The following appointments were made by the Taoiseach from May 2008 to date: National Economic and Social Council, NESC: Tom Parlon, director general, Construction Industry Federation; Siobhan Masterson, director, Financial Services Ireland; Edmond Connolly, chief executive officer, Macra na Féirme;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation does not have policy responsibility for the construction sector although the Department and its agencies do engage in a limited way with the sector, mainly from a developmental perspective. Therefore an analysis of the type referred to in the question, including as regards impacts on the housing market, has not been undertaken. One...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Nov 2016)

Damien English: ...meet the needs of older people and life-time communities. My Department has established a Steering Group consisting of representatives from the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, the Construction Industry Federation, the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Dublin City Council and Enterprise Ireland, to oversee the roll-out of the design challenge. The Steering...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (21 Feb 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The National Development Plan 2000-2006 provides for an investment of €84.35 million over the period of the plan for the development and construction of fishery harbour and related facilities at key strategic fishery harbours and the construction and improvement of berthage at smaller harbours and landing places. Major fishery harbour projects proposed for funding are submitted in the...