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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission and the outgoing Parliament have done a good job on the whole green energy package, particularly in the governance mechanisms which have been put in place. It has dragged the Council forward and I commend the Commission on how it has done that. However, now we have to act. The Irish plan, which we will see in June, is critical for us. This committee has looked at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Mr. Pat Barry: I thank the committee for the invitation to present at today’s meeting. The Irish Green Building Council was founded by organisations operating in the construction and property sector to accelerate the transition to a sustainable built environment. We advocate and educate, but we also develop tools to facilitate this transition. For example, we have developed the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Council (8 May 2019)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 366 together. The Apprenticeship Council was appointed by the then Minister for Education and Skills in November 2014. The establishment of the Council was a key action in the implementation of recommendations from the independent 2014 Review of Apprenticeship Training in Ireland. The Council is enterprise-led with representatives from business, trade...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...to the Deputy's query, Ó’Cualann Co-Housing Alliance is a co-operative housing alliance with Approved Housing Body Status. The inaugural O'Cualann project in Poppintree, Ballymun, Dublin, involved Dublin City Council, AIB and industry professionals and comprised 49 A2 rated 2-bed, 3-bed and 4-bed homes with sales prices ranging from €140,000 to €220,000. The...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...housing crisis. Eight or ten years ago we had a financial crisis in which the banking sector was destroyed and unable to lend to people who wanted to borrow or builders who wanted to build. The construction industry was destroyed and 100,000 construction workers left the country. Rebuilding and turning it around was never going to happen quickly. No matter who is in office, it will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (16 Apr 2019)

Damien English: ...similar problems occurring again. The reform is centred on three main initiatives: - Reform of the Building Control process; - Establishment of a National Building Control Management Project; and - Putting the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) on a statutory footing. Since the introduction of Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, (BCAR), greater...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (9 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 to 294, inclusive, together. I am very well aware of the skills shortages currently being experienced in the construction sector. The issue is all the more pressing given the strong economic growth being experienced and the high demand being placed on the sector to respond to a range of construction needs across the economy. I have also met with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

...they see as a fantastic, sound asset to purchase, but they are not thinking of young people. The other problem apart from the private sector is that there has been a dramatic decline in the construction of homes by the local authorities, housing associations and other non-profit organisations, as members saw in the table. I am sorry to say it is not good enough. We have to return to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Jean Winters: I am the director of industrial relations and employment services at the Construction Industry Federation, CIF. I thank the joint committee for the invitation to attend and to contribute to the discussion on bogus self-employment. I am accompanied by my colleague, Mr. Conor O'Connell, who is the regional director of CIF. The construction industry comprises a number of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

John Lahart: ...Mongay may not be able to give us now, but which is important, concerns reports the committee has received recently suggesting Ireland is going to rely more and more on an immigrant workforce, especially in the construction industry. A counter-balancing fact in that regard would help in terms of what number of the Irish labour force are working in the other 26 or 27 EU states. It would...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...issue he raised regarding the building regulator, I will be happy to invite the Minister to the House to discuss the matter. Senator McDowell raised housing and student accommodation. We all welcome the construction of student accommodation. It was a failure of the planning system that when many third level institutions were expanded, the provision of student accommodation in tandem with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: ...careful with the Bills that we introduce. I may get parochial about the Shanganagh site. I did not bring cameras there, but anyone who wants to do so can. That is his or her own choice. With Councillors John Bailey, Shane O'Brien and Michael Merrigan, I instead brought an actual proposal. Regardless of whether plan A, B or C is chosen, a proposal with a breakdown of what can be...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...to protect our built heritage through the built heritage investment scheme, which leverages private funding, local authority structures and central Government grants to protect our built heritage while utilising local craft and construction resources. On our natural heritage, we are actively working with Fáilte Ireland on the implementation of our tourism interpretation master plan...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: Securing additional skills supply from education and training to meet the needs of the construction sector is a major focus of my Department as part of broader Government actions to increase housing supply and roll out the National Development Plan (NDP) and the National Planning Framework (NPF). A Construction Sector Working Group has been established to ensure regular and open...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...) and relevant local authorities; - development and implementation of plans by the OPW to implement flood relief schemes; and - ongoing communication between the OPW and the insurance industry, in order to reach a better understanding about the provision of flood cover in marginal areas. The above approach is complemented by a Memorandum of Understanding between the OPW and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: The Apprenticeship Council was established in 2014 to oversee the expansion of apprenticeship system in Ireland into new sectors of the economy. To date, twenty new consortia-led apprenticeship programmes have been developed in a variety of sectors ranging from financial services and ICT to hospitality and biopharma. Further new apprenticeships are due to get underway in 2019 in various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Challenges Facing Cross-Border Authorities: Irish Central Border Area Network (14 Feb 2019)

Brendan Smith: ...- I brought parliamentary delegations from abroad to Cavan and Monaghan, including the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons. In the presentations that were made to Monaghan County Council and Cavan County Council, we drew widely on ICBAN's publications. I compliment ICBAN on them. At the time, I passed on our thanks to Councillor Paddy O'Rourke, who chaired ICBAN, for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (12 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...issuing certification in the quality and safety of goods and services. It is an EU Notified Body for the purpose of certifying products in several areas, including medical devices, motor vehicles, construction products and measuring instruments. Since the UK Government notified the European Council of its intention to leave the EU, the NSAI has been developing mitigating strategies...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: .... It is the type of information that we should always be gathering so that work to capture more data for those monthly reports is now happening. Senator Mullen asked about a particular Dublin City Council site and housing body. He said there had been a delay. I am not sure of the specific site. The Senator can provide me with information. We have a delivery office in the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

...very successful in recent cases taken to the WRC. Senator Higgins mentioned procurement. One of our cases regarded the bogus self-employment of six plasterers on a procured site involving the construction of a school by Carillion. The plasterers had no contracts or holiday pay, the sectoral employment order was not being enforced and there were a couple of other issues. It amounted...