Results 41-60 of 254 for construction industry council

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Barry: In effect, we are discussing the regulation of the building industry today. We are discussing the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill 2017, which effectively proposes that the State outsource control and that the industry effectively regulates the industry. I have listened to the contribution of Mr. Parlon. I thought it was interesting that he praised the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 May 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he expects to be in a position to offer extra funding to Kildare County Council in 2008 with particular reference to the need to offset reductions in income arising from the downturn in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21175/08]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...delivery schemes, due to yield up to 758 social homes, at various stages of advancement. Rapid delivery projects generally incorporate prefabricated building elements and as a result have shorter construction timeframes. Updated details in relation to the programme of rapid build projects are included in each Social Housing Construction Projects Status Report, which are published on a...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2023)

Michael Collins: Construction safety is important and that goes without being noticed. We are putting those in the construction industry, the builders, in a difficult position. They have to comply with Safe Pass. They have to comply with so much it is making it almost impossible for them to get a day's work or a good week's work done. It will put the price of housing up more severely. The construction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (3 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...within the School Building Programme through the delivery of Large Scale Projects, the Additional Accommodation Scheme and the Prefab Replacement Scheme were calculated on the basis of the Construction Industry Council norm which advises that there are 10 direct jobs and 2 indirect jobs for every €1m capital spend.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget Consultation Process (4 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: ...following organisations requested to meet with me but regrettably I was unable to facilitate them: Irish Dental Association, Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute, Asthma Society, Prosper Fingal, Construction Industry Council, Áine Collins T.D. (representing 6 Oireachtas members to discuss any proposed cuts to schools in the Budget), LauraLynn Children's Hospice, Irish Heart Foundation.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007) See 11 other results from this answer

Dick Roche: ...Investment Programme 2005-2007 as part of the €31 million Lower Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme. The works provided for in relation to Straffan have been completed. I have approved Kildare County Council's contract documents for the network upgrading in other locations and have also authorised the Council to prepare contract documents for the expansion of the Leixlip wastewater treatment...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: SOLAS have the figures requested by the Deputy for apprenticeships within the construction industry for the past ten years by sector and I have asked them to send these figures directly to the Deputy. In terms of creating sufficient apprenticeships to meet demand, new apprenticeship registrations in 2014 are up 47% on 2013 for the first nine months of the year. A Review of standards of...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...aegis of my Department is the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) which was established under the NESDO Act 2006 and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). Tom Parlon, the former Minister of State, is the only former office holder appointed to the NESC. He was appointed by the previous Taoiseach on 20 January 2011 following his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Jobs Data (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I recently provided to the Deputy the numbers of direct and indirect jobs supported by the school building programme for the years 2012 to 2015. These numbers are based on the Construction Industry Council norm which I also provided to the Deputy earlier this month. This is the methodology that the Department uses to calculate the numbers of direct and indirect jobs that are supported by...

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Brian Cowen: Those discussions are continuing between various parties, including the Department of Finance and the Construction Industry Council, and we have had discussions in this regard with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and as part of the social partnership talks. Trying to find sources of off-balance-sheet income that would meet with EU requirements and other rules is a continuing issue, but...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (18 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Changes in relation to building material costs are monitored and recorded by the Central Statistics Office (Wholesale Price Index for Building & Construction Materials). Issues relating to increases in construction costs generally and measures to address such issues, are matters for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, whose Department convenes the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Changes in relation to building material costs are monitored and recorded by the Central Statistics Office (Wholesale Price Index for Building & Construction Materials). Issues relating to increases in construction costs generally and measures to address such issues, are matters for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, whose Department convenes the...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 May 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

John Browne: ...Practically on a daily basis, I and other politicians had subcontractors contacting us to get us to talk to the county manager to find out why they were not being paid. The county manager and the council would tell us the main contractor was being paid on a regular basis, as per the agreed contract, but subcontractors were left high and dry. Eventually, both the company building the...

Social Partnership. (6 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the proposals put forward today by the Construction Industry Council for off-balance sheet financing of infrastructural projects. I regret that they are not nearly as ambitious as the proposals put forward by my party a number of weeks ago. We put forward serious proposals that would lead to the creation of 100,000 jobs in four years in a range of areas that of themselves would be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: There are a couple of things to be raised with this. First of all, there is the very dynamic nature of the construction sector at the moment. I am presuming that the society's calculation of those costs is based on the huge level of inflation we are seeing in the construction industry. Second of all, ultimately, this is a function of our move away from local authorities in 2015. There was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: ...be a health warning in property supplements in newspapers, which are increasing to between 30 and 40 pages, as we seem to be set to do the same all over again. Dr. Ronan Lyons pointed out our construction costs are still in excess of those in Germany. The industry, therefore, has not adjusted to eight years of recession. We still have excessive construction costs. Is the industry full...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...walk, cycle or wheel. Each local authority has, in turn, seen a large increase in funding allocation for Active Travel in recent years. In terms of actual spend, 2021 saw €11,162,595 spent by Cork County Council, and to date in 2022 the Council has spent €6,208,151. In line with the majority of other local authorities, the figure for 2022 is likely to increase...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (5 May 2010)

Brian Cowen: Since taking office as Taoiseach, Tom Parlon, Construction Industry Federation (CIF), was appointed by me to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), under Business and Employer Organisations in March 2009. Mr. Parlon was Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), until June 2007 after which he joined the CIF. Name Organisation Salary Other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Sep 2021)

Michael McGrath: Building Information Modelling (BIM) has the potential to transform the processes surrounding project and data management on construction projects and can drive significant efficiencies.  It offers industry the opportunity to rationalise its working methods, reduce waste and explore opportunities for off-site production.  These all contribute to a leaner and safer project delivery...