Results 61-80 of 269 for "engineers ireland"

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...just a question of underfunding of roads, as it also involves the town and village renewal scheme and the CLÁR and LEADER programmes, funding for which is substantially below national averages. Engineers Ireland stipulates that roads should be strengthened every 20 years but in Cork that is not likely to happen for 52 years, given the backlog and our problems. The national roads...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...’s terms of reference which have recently been adopted and will be available in due course. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland (Mr Michael P. Lyons), the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (Mr Joe Kennedy), the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland (Mr Kevin Hollingsworth), the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...implementation of the group’s terms of reference, which are currently being finalised. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, the Public Sector, the Local Authority Sector, the Legal Sector, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (28 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the effective implementation of the group’s terms of reference, which are currently being finalised. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, the Public Sector, the Local Authority Sector, the Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (28 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the effective implementation of the group’s terms of reference, which are currently being finalised. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, the Public Sector, the Local Authority Sector, the Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of a working group with the appropriate expertise to examine the issue of defects in housing. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, the Public Sector, the Local Authority Sector, the Legal Sector, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Programme for Government (31 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of a working group with the appropriate expertise to examine the issue of defects in housing. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, the Public Sector, the Local Authority Sector, the Legal Sector, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (24 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the establishment of a working group with the appropriate expertise to examine the issue of defects in housing. The membership of the working group includes representatives, with relevant expertise and experience, from Engineers Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, the Public Sector, the Local Authority Sector, the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Brian Leddin: Today is World Engineering Day. After this contribution, I will be speaking at an Engineers Ireland event to celebrate the role of engineering in building Ireland's sustainable future. The Tánaiste has a personal interest in the issue of innovation. I commend him on the work he is doing in his Department. As an engineer, I recognise the significant contribution Irish engineers will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

...sustainable livelihoods. Climate action, both mitigation and adaptation, is a core element of our work with these African communities who are on the front line of the climate crisis. As president of Engineers Ireland in 2016 and 2017, I witnessed and worked with a community of professionals who are determined to play their part and lead on climate action, and, critically, to inspire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (2 Feb 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the context of this review. I welcome the extension to 19 February. I believe it should be longer, to be honest. I do not know that the commitment is necessarily in place in the minds of people. Engineers Ireland has made a substantive submission. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy McGrath, is talking about the reshaping of the review in the context of climate...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...office of every Deputy. Deputies need to be able to talk to the housing officers of county councils about homelessness in our constituencies. This is a national crisis. We totally lack strategy. The Engineers Ireland State of Ireland 2020 report states that 52% of the cost of building houses goes to the Government in the form of taxes. This is not economically viable and cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: ...of Chartered Certified Accountants €291.00 04/12/2020 Project Management Institute €112.00 08/12/2020 Accounting Technicians Ireland €175.00 *Fees paid in UK pound or US Dollars Office of Government Procurement Date Paid Professional Body Amount Paid ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Defects: Discussion with Construction Defects Alliance (1 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

...among the surveying fraternity, there could be a role for engaging with professional bodies, such as the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and Engineers Ireland, to canvass their members without necessarily having to identify specific apartments or get the consent of owners. This would give some sense of the number of schemes which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Incidence (19 Nov 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: ...problem in the area. Of assistance to Clare County Council in this regard will be the work completed in collaboration with the Department, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, and Engineers Ireland. The NSAI has put in place a protocol for the assessment, testing and categorisation of damaged buildings incorporating concrete blocks containing certain deleterious...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...% of survey respondents reported shortages of plumbers, carpenters, bricklayers and surveyors while more than 60% cannot get enough electricians and civil engineers. In 2019 alone, more than 40% of Engineers Ireland's new members came from abroad, something that has been described as unsustainable by the director general of Engineers Ireland, and even more so now in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Incidence (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: ...4. categorises buildings, in  accordance with the standard, providing competent persons with guidance on the appropriate measures to be taken. With regard to Recommendation 2, my Department has been in contact with Engineers Ireland in relation to the establishment of a register of competent engineers for homeowners/affected parties’ reference. In June 2019, Engineers...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (3 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...seminars and conferences intended to disseminate information on public works procurement. The OGP have participated in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars organised by the RIAI and Engineers Ireland on topics such as contract administration, public works procurement and dispute resolution over the past 4 years and also delivered lectures for DIT to their post-graduates and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: ...have now been completed and it really is incredible to see that where there was once a bleak post-industrial vista there is now a beautifully landscaped park.  It was heartening to hear last weekend that Engineers Ireland conferred the project with their highest award and I offer my congratulations to all involved in the Council, in my own Department and the contractors who delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (5 Nov 2019)

Katherine Zappone: ...Control Act 2007; or (b) Building Surveyors that are on the register maintained by the SCSI under Part 5 of the Building Control Act 2007; or (c) Chartered Engineers on the register maintained by Engineers Ireland under section 7 of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (Charter Amendment) Act 1969. In developing this guidance Tusla worked in collaboration with the...