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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (15 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...Oliver O'Brien Dept of Environment, Community and Local Government John Wickham Dept of Environment, Community and Local Government Aidan O'Connell Engineers Ireland Michael Robinson Testconsult Ireland Ltd Gerry Stanley Geological Survey Ireland Conor Taaffe Homebond ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (26 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...predominant. We have done the most extensive survey ever, which included some 28,000 homes. Not only have the homeowner representatives been incredibly helpful, so too have many other stakeholders, such as Engineers Ireland and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland. The Oireachtas joint committee of the previous Dáil did a very good piece of work on this. I am optimistic...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: ...all about the impetus for us calling this hearing. The witnesses will all recall when we were undertaking our informal scrutiny of the enhanced defective blocks legislation, Aidan O’Connell from Engineers Ireland gave some pretty shocking testimony to the committee when he informed us that: "I do know certain quarries that are still producing concrete blocks and still producing...

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Brian Leddin: ...a country going forward and in respect of that great existential challenge we face about which colleagues across the House have spoken. Last night I had the privilege of attending an event in Trinity College Dublin. Engineers Ireland hosted a lecture on a great Irishman named Charles Parsons from Birr, County Offaly. While the following accolade often goes to Nikola Tesla, one could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment Bill) 2022: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Mr. Gavin Lawlor: Yes. It is purely from hearsay, but I am aware that Engineers Ireland, for example, and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland have something similar to that.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (8 Nov 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...Committee TC 063 tasked with revision of I.S. 465, are the following – Tim Brosnan DOSA Consulting Engineers Eddie Comerford Association of Consulting Engineers Ireland Simon Dolphin Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Duane Sustainability and Built Environment, NSAI ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

...about it. My first suggestion would be a fund into which the contributors would include, for instance, the insurance companies and the construction industry, local authorities, engineers including Engineers Ireland, and everybody who was involved in construction, acquisition of materials and the building of a house in any part of the country, whether a scheme or a single house. In saying...

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...from ever happening again. That is what would make sense. Where are the repercussions for the quarries that started this fiasco? As of yet, they are nowhere to be seen. In fact, Aidan O'Connell from Engineers Ireland told the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage - just three months ago - that there are still problematic quarries producing defective blocks. The...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Malcolm Byrne: ...on mica but there are homes with defective blocks containing other materials. In Wexford, some of the affected houses had materials other than mica that caused problems. Indeed, in December 2020, Engineers Ireland identified that outside Donegal and Mayo, in Wexford, significant numbers of defective blocks may have been used. In Wexford, Mr. Nicholas Redmond and Mr. Sean Murphy, two...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

John Cummins: ...by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which carried out three extensive engagements over eight hours last Friday week with industry experts including the SCSI, Engineers Ireland, Department officials, the Housing Agency and the chair of the expert working group. Most importantly, we heard from representatives of the families affected by defective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (7 Jul 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...in 2020. 2018 Committee Current Committee Chair (retired structural engineer) Frank Lee Frank Lee Association Consulting Engineers Ireland (ACEI) Eddie Comerford Eddie Comerford Cement Manufacturers Ireland (CMI) Brendan Lynch Eanna Nolan Department...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Emer Higgins: ...support. Last week our Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage held a special eight-hour session where we heard from industry experts, including the SCSI; the Institution of Engineers Ireland; departmental officials; the Housing Agency; and the chair of the expert working group. Most importantly, we heard from the representatives of the families affected by defective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (30 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...bodies represented on the technical committee which developed I.S. 465 in 2018 and its amendment in 2020. Chaired by retired structural engineer Association Consulting Engineers Ireland (ACEI) Cement Manufacturers Ireland (CMI) Department Housing Local Government and Heritage Donegal County Council ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...(SCSI) which prepared a construction cost report for remediation works under the scheme the findings of which have been accepted in full by Government and incorporated in the grant rates under the enhanced scheme. 4. Submissions from Engineers Ireland to my Department on the issue. 5. Submissions by homeowners to my Department on the issue as well as considerable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022) See 19 other results from this debate

...see it. The are four categories in the groupings in IS 465 as they exist up to this point in terms of the damage threshold assessment. It is perfectly functioning. It is ratified by IS 465 and Engineers Ireland stand behind it. Category 2 of that is only web-like cracking on one side. Many people will not meet this new 1.5 mm threshold. What one is doing is leaving people trapped in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...Action Group and the Mayo Pyrite Action Group. This will be followed by a meeting from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., where chartered surveyors will be before committee, as will representatives from Engineers Ireland. The chair of the expert working group will come in after that. If that was not enough to keep us all going, from 6 pm. to 8 p.m. we will have officials from the Department before...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Regulations (14 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: .... The registered energy auditors are not restricted by county to carry out audits in respect of the class or classes in which they are so registered. The SEAI works with professional bodies such as Engineers Ireland to provide training to ensure that there are sufficient auditors to service the market. At this time, there are 129 Registered Auditors and there are currently 87 Auditors on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... the Register of Energy Auditors (required under S.I. 426 of 2014), the provision of Energy Audit Guidance and a Support Scheme for Energy Audits. The SEAI works with professional bodies such as Engineers Ireland to provide training to ensure that there are sufficient auditors to service the market. At this time, there are 129 Registered Auditors and there are currently 87...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ukrainian Crisis: Discussion (17 May 2022)

...calls. We focused on the over 6,700 vacant pledges. While they were doing that, the other call centres were looking at the shared pledges and making the initial calls about those. We also asked for support from Engineers Ireland and from the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, IPAV. They have generously offered us over 300 engineers and auctioneers to follow up with the...