Results 181-200 of 269 for "engineers ireland"

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Feb 2015)

Paudie Coffey: ...to facilitate and support the smooth transition by all stakeholders to the new regulatory framework. Other organisations which participated included the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, Engineers Ireland, the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland, the Housing Agency and Fire Officers and Building Control Officers from a range of local authorities. My Department will...

Seanad: Broadband, Post Office Network and Energy White Paper: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

John Kelly: .... I have sought proper setback distances for wind turbines in my Private Members’ Bill, Wind Turbines Bill 2012. I am also conscious of the fact that all of the experts - economists and Engineers Ireland - have said wind energy generation is a folly, as it is losing money, rather than making it. However, we have not listened to them. Nor did we listen to them in the past when...

Topical Issue Debate: Passport Controls (9 Dec 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Dominic Hannigan: ...issue. I express an interest at the outset by acknowledging that civil engineering is my profession. In fact, I understand I am the only civil engineer in the House. The contact I have had with Engineers Ireland regarding the idea of allowing civil engineers to sign section 7 of passport applications comes in the wake of that body's previous contacts with the Department of Foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (13 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...at the National Maritime College of Ireland was carried out in May 2014.  Naval Service professional and military training and education is recognised by the Nautical Institute for Bridge Watchkeepers and by Engineers Ireland for Naval Engineers.  The national human resource management standard for the delivery of training and education in the Naval Service was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (14 Oct 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...Section 23 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 Chair and former Managing Partner of Beauchamp Solicitors Expression of Interest Brendan Brice Nomination from prescribed organisation Engineers Ireland Nomination from prescribed organisation Sean Murphy Nomination from prescribed organisation IFA Aquaculture Nomination from prescribed organisation ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Apprenticeship Training: Discussion (9 Jul 2014)

..., technology, engineering and maths, the so-called "STEM" subjects, regarding attracting young women into related occupations. There have been many initiatives and role models. It is encouraging that the president of Engineers Ireland is a lady. It is that kind of message that must keep being reinforced. To go back to my original point, if there are good quality jobs as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) respectively under the Building Control Act 2007, or of chartered engineers, as maintained by Engineers Ireland (EI) under the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1969. Architects, Building Surveyors and Chartered Engineers are the construction professions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Telecommunications and Energy Councils: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (28 May 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...priced for consumers as can be. That is more difficult in a country that imports 96% of its gas and 100% of its oil. There is so much we can do and are doing. This morning, I opened an Engineers Ireland seminar and workshop on performance contracting. The impetus we have given to developing a new retrofit industry, stemming from the new efficiency fund where up to €70 million is...

Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations Qualifications (27 May 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...on projects unless they have somebody present on the site. At the moment, those allowed to practise as assigned certifiers are persons registered with the RIAI, chartered engineers registered with Engineers Ireland, and persons registered with the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, SCSI. The Minister is telling me that a quantity surveyor who comes under the SCSI is more qualified...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (7 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), respectively, in line with the Building Control Act 2007, or the register of chartered engineers as maintained by Engineers Ireland (EI) under the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1969. Architects, Building Surveyors and Engineers are the construction professions typically...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) respectively in line with the Building Control Act 2007 or the register of chartered engineers established by Engineers Ireland (EI) under the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1969. Architects, Building Surveyors and Chartered Engineers are the construction professions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (30 Apr 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...I nor my Department has any role in the assessment, validation or certification of design practitioners which is a matter for the relevant professional bodies in the construction sector (namely Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institution of Architects of Ireland, and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland) in accordance with EU and national law. Depending on their personal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (16 Apr 2014)

Clare Daly: ...of the houses which submitted building conditions assessment as part of the pyrite remediation process, if he deems it appropriate that those conducting the audit have not completed the required Engineers Ireland course to be accepted on the Pyrite Designated Professionals Register or the Pyrite Assessors Register. [18180/14]

Seanad: Building Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014: Motion (10 Apr 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...body is being eased considerably. They have had a difficult experience in the past when applying to the Royal Institute of Architects but they can also apply to the professional bodies such as Engineers Ireland or the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland. If people become registered members of those bodies, they can undertake the necessary certification or be classified as assigned...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (8 Apr 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...competence of construction professionals. This is a matter for the professional bodies who have been designated as the relevant competent authorities for the purposes of EU and n ational law, namely Engineers Ireland (EI) in respect of the Engineering profession, the Royal Institut e of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) in respect of the a rchitectural profession and the Society of Chartered...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (1 Apr 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...in the design of buildings but who are not registered should contact the designated registration bodies (i.e. Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland or Engineers Ireland) with a view to identifying the most appropriate route to registration appropriate to their own individual circumstances. I tasked Mr Garrett Fennell, Solicitor, to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board Remit (11 Mar 2014)

Phil Hogan: ...of training courses have been provided by one of the representative bodies in relation to the professional services that will be required during the course of the remediation process and in that context Engineers Ireland has set up a register of competent persons who have undertaken appropriate training in respect of carrying out Building Condition Assessments and overseeing remediation...

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...in the region. I am delighted to say this work is ongoing and Skillnets have been especially effective in reaching out to the unemployed as well as the employed. I was at an event organised by Engineers Ireland, at which the head of Engineers Ireland stressed the need for ongoing workplace training opportunities. As he described it, the half life of an engineering degree is about a year...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...that the Climate Change Bill has not been enacted even though the Minister has been in power for three years. That important contribution to this issue has not been put on a statutory basis. Engineers Ireland represents 24,000 engineers. In its recently published report, The State of Ireland 2014: A Review of Infrastructure in Ireland, it listed a series of deficiencies in flood...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...Organisation  Region Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland Dublin Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) Kildare Chambers Ireland Dublin Construction and Legal.com Galway Construction Industry Federation Dublin Engineers Ireland Dublin National Development Finance Agency Dublin The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Dublin A number of other...