Results 1-6 of 6 for construction industry council speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...100% with them. Great care must be taken when setting standards or giving powers to a Minister to overrule a democratic institution. I refer by way of example to the decisions taken in the past by Dublin City Council, none of which I was party to, to set a standard for apartments in Dublin, which was above that set by the Department. I accept that some of the guidelines set by Dublin...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2014)

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...

European Council: Statements (7 Jul 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...in the Middle East with its murderous attack on the aid flotilla, which carried many EU citizens on board. Perhaps the Minister will elaborate on whether it was discussed on the margins of the Council meeting. What was discussed, given the preferential position Israel has in Europe through the preferential trade agreement, the growth in the boycott, divestment and sanctions, BDS, lobby...

Public Private Partnerships: Motion. (8 Jul 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...step in as a matter of urgency to give some hope to those affected. That hope has not yet come from the Government benches. It is worth noting €6 million has already been spent by Dublin City Council in preparation for the agreed re-development projects, only one of which McNamara developers intends to proceed with. Dublin City Council did not have €6 million to waste, which is a...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...and Local Government, Finance and Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to address the collapse this week of five urban regeneration projects in Dublin city after the withdrawal of McNamara Construction from its contract with Dublin City Council; to acknowledge the failure of public private partnerships to deliver urban regeneration in Dublin city; to revaluate all future regeneration...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...permissions, and the appeal to the Supreme Court against the constitutionality of the legislation, the Government's real motive in introducing the current loophole for developers was to appease the construction lobby. Although we said more time should be given to allow the benefits of Part V to become apparent, the Minister, Deputy Cullen, would have none of it and guillotined the Bill...