Results 1-20 of 149 for construction industry council

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Sep 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...of apprentice registrations and the number of apprentices registered with SOLAS is determined by individual employers within a broad range of occupational sectors. Consequently, the number of construction related apprentices being registered with SOLAS is determined initially by employers within the construction sector. SOLAS is committed to supporting an overall increase in...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: ...Waste Database Report in respect of 2001 was published by the agency in 2003. I understand that the agency is currently compiling the database for 2004 which will include data in relation to the construction and demolition waste stream and will be finalised by end 2005. In light of the significance of construction and demolition waste, the Government's policy statement, Changing Our Ways,...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 May 2005)

Dick Roche: ...by local authorities of strategic waste management plans under which specific national objectives and targets would be achieved. It set out specific targets for the recycling of at least 50% of construction and demolition, C&D, waste by end 2003 rising progressively to at least 85% by end 2013. A National Construction and Demolition Waste Council was established by the construction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the council members for attending and I wish them a happy Christmas. I am also a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht. During June and July, that committee tried to design an expert advisory group on climate change to mimic the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council structure. It is quite a compliment to the council that we are trying to...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: ...to submit comments on the draft regulations to my Department. In excess of 50 comprehensive submissions were received, several of which came from stakeholders with an interest in the building/construction industry. My Department is currently examining all of the submissions in detail with a view to incorporating any necessary amendments into both sets of draft regulations. I will issue...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: ...and implementation by local authorities of strategic waste management plans under which specific national objectives and targets would be achieved, set out specific targets for the recycling of construction and demolition waste of at least 50% by end 2003, rising progressively to at least 85% by end 2013. A national construction and demolition waste council was established by the...

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 — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (22 Mar 2012)

Richard Bruton: I understand that the documentation provided by the Deputy relates to the position of the Construction Industry Federation and SIPTU respectively in relation to amendments proposed by the CIF to the terms and conditions of employment for workers in the construction sector currently set out in the Registered Employment Agreement. I understand that the parties to the Joint Industrial Council...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of strategic regional and local...

Written Answers — Public Contracts: Public Contracts (7 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: ...is a requirement that contractors pay rates of wages and observe hours of labour and conditions of employment in public procurement not less favourable than those laid down by the national joint industrial council for the construction industry. I expect that a similar type of clause will also be included in the upcoming new standard form of construction contracts being developed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 May 2017)

John Halligan: Information events hosted by SOLAS were held for category 2 and 3 proposers in November 2016. The Apprenticeship Council has been working with consortia to develop these proposals into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a nationwide basis. Details of those proposals approved for development funding by the Apprenticeship Council is set out in the following table....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (17 Dec 2019)

John Halligan: The Government is closely monitoring all aspects of construction skills and labour supply, through the national skills database and through the work of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), the National Skills Council and the Regional Skills Fora.  The EGFSN is currently tendering for a skills demand study to determine the demand and nature of the Irish Construction...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: ..., including the price of timber, steel and insulation products. Builders are unable to stand over quotations for anything more than a few days. While it is an issue for all those involved in construction, from big road projects down to individual house construction, it is particularly difficult for older people who are building extensions for bathrooms, including the installation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Standards: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Ms Sarah Neary: There are two elements to the staff shortage. There is a shortage of skilled staff in the construction industry and in the professional resources needed to carry out the inspections. Mr. O'Mahony mentioned the 3,380 professional members in the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, RIAI, who are all available to do the assigned certifier role. We do not see that...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Sep 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: The significance of the construction industry, including the housing sector, to the Irish economy is acknowledged by my Department, which has regard on an ongoing basis to relevant reporting by a range of public and private sector bodies, and closely monitors developments so as to provide effective input to policy in relation to housing. Government policy has been informed, over recent years,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Gerald Nash: ...the registered employment agreements system that was struck down in the McGowan case two years ago. As a Government, we have worked hard to ensure that the wage-setting mechanisms sought by the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, and trade unions address two matters, those being, to ensure that reputable employers have a level playing pitch when tendering for work and that standards and...

Written Answers — Trade Union Practices: Trade Union Practices (22 Feb 2006)

Tony Killeen: ...only one trade union and to deal exclusively with that union on issues concerning pay and conditions. Similarly, an employer may decide to recognise several trade unions. Section 25 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 provides that the expression "employment agreement" means an agreement relating to the remuneration or the conditions of employment of workers of any class, type or group...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (22 Apr 2008)

Billy Kelleher: An Employment Agreement is an agreement made either between a trade union and an employer or employers organisation or at a meeting of a registered Joint Industrial Council, which relates to the pay or conditions of employment of any class, type or group of workers. Employment Agreements may be presented to the Labour Court for registration. Where the Labour Court is satisfied that the...