Results 61-80 of 292 for construction industry council

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

...with members today. The issue we are here to discuss will be covered in our budget submission, which is currently in draft currently and to which I will refer throughout this statement. The construction industry underpins the competitiveness and productivity of the domestic economy, therefore, ensuring Ireland has a dynamic construction industry with the capacity to deliver efficiently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (4 Jul 2018)

John Halligan: I am aware of the report referred to in the Deputy's question regarding projected significant additional demand for construction workers to meet infrastructural priorities set out in the National Development Plan (NDP).   I can assure the Deputy that securing additional skills supply from education and training to meet the requirements of the construction sector is...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (2 Nov 2006)

Noel Dempsey: ...SEI's activities in 2005. The table below gives details of the expenditure to demonstration projects in 2005. Projects funded in 2005 € Public Sector Design Study Support Scheme Cavan County Council 2,000.00 2,000.00 Public Sector Model Solutions Investment Support Scheme Dublin Institute of Technology 24,176.00 Cork County Council 26,544.00 Cork County Council 445,000.00...

Seanad: Housing Market: Statements (8 Jul 2008) See 2 other results from this debate

Larry Butler: ...and efficiently. The Minister of State said we must ensure more efficiency in the provision of services, which is vitally important, and that we must ensure there is better management of county council housing stock. He also stated that such funding may not be spent to compensate for poor local management. I know that previously my council had to return unspent funding and I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (11 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...structures to examine the issue of defective housing in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government. I recently appointed Mr. Seamus Neely, former Chief Executive of Donegal County Council, to the position of Chair to the independent working group. In addition, I brought a Memorandum for the Information of the Government to Cabinet recently to note the establishment of a...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Martin Conway: ...material as a matter of urgency. If legislation is required, so be it. We will facilitate him. I welcome this morning's decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission to Clare County Council for the construction of a pier in Doolin. It is a long-standing saga. Clare County Council originally granted this through the Part VIII process and then embarked on a further period of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Minister spoke to this in the general but I will ask him a specific question. The chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council, Marie Donnelly, confirms we are in danger of missing our 2025 targets with all of the attendant consequences, including a lost to the Exchequer of some €8 billion as outlined by the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, last week. We...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (20 Apr 2005)

Tony Killeen: ..., that all employee protection legislation on the Statute Book in Ireland applies to workers posted to work in Ireland. This is in line with Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and applies also to a person, irrespective of his or her nationality or place of...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Second Stage (19 May 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

John Paul Phelan: ...ago when we discussed a Private Members' motion in the name of the then Senator Jim Higgins, who is now an MEP. He proposed a similar Bill applying specifically to electrical contractors in the construction sector, although it was voted down by the Government at the time - perhaps not surprisingly, as we were then in the middle of a housing bubble which later proved to be catastrophic and...

Private Rented Accommodation (18 Oct 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: ...to this. There is no reason a meeting with the residents' association cannot be accommodated as soon as possible. Those people would have experience of how badly things can go wrong in the construction industry. They are the victims but their rights have been vindicated as Dublin City Council has brought this through the courts. The High Court has ruled that the defects should be remedied.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (1 Jul 2015)

Simon Harris: ...2013. The proposals for flood mitigation measures on the River Poddle also involve some downstream defence works. The works at Tymon Park are likely be progressed first. South Dublin County Council (SDCC) is taking the proposals forward through planning and eventual construction. The Council is now in the process of procuring the design consultants for the Scheme. Once...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú: We have a range of traditional apprenticeships which are being updated, mostly in the construction area. We have a new apprenticeship council which is looking at proposals from providers and the industry to establish new apprenticeships. We have an apprenticeship action plan to bring the new apprenticeships on board. Bringing about cultural change and embedding new...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38 and 46 together. The legal requirements applicable to the design and construction of new buildings, including dwellings, are specified in the second schedule to the Building Regulations. Technical Guidance Documents are published by my Department to demonstrate how the legal requirements can be achieved in practice. Compliance with the regulations is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...employers. SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority will continue to plan and fund provision in the light of forecast registrations. The strong growth in apprenticeship numbers will assist the construction sector in meeting its skill needs. SOLAS is also in discussion with the Construction Industry Federation to evaluate construction skill needs across a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Feb 2019)

John Halligan: The Apprenticeship Council was established in 2014 to oversee the expansion of apprenticeship system in Ireland into new sectors of the economy. To date, twenty new consortia-led apprenticeship programmes have been developed in a variety of sectors ranging from financial services and ICT to hospitality and biopharma. Further new apprenticeships are due to get underway in 2019 in various...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (28 Sep 2005)

Micheál Martin: I am very aware of the situation in Ballinasloe. The State development agencies are promoting industrial and business development in the town and are making every effort to ensure the creation of further employment. Specifically, IDA Ireland is developing a world class business and technology park in Ballinasloe. The goal is to ensure that the town has the appropriate property solutions to...

Private Members' Business. Building Control Regulations: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jun 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the major issues confronting the Government and local authorities is the poor developments left by unscrupulous developers. Decisions taken by the planning authorities were not followed up and construction was characterised by a lack of enforcement and inspection, leaving families to pick up the pieces. One of the lessons we must learn from the Celtic tiger period is that we cannot...

Appointments to State Boards. (7 Oct 2008)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, together. From 1 April 2008 to date, two appointments were made to the board of the National Economic and Social Council, with Mr. Tom Parlon of the Construction Industry Federation replacing Mr. Liam Kelleher, the outgoing director general of the CIF, and Ms Siobhán Masterson of IBEC replacing Ms Aileen O'Donoghue; one appointment was made...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...and Local Government, Finance and Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to address the collapse this week of five urban regeneration projects in Dublin city after the withdrawal of McNamara Construction from its contract with Dublin City Council; to acknowledge the failure of public private partnerships to deliver urban regeneration in Dublin city; to revaluate all future regeneration...

Seanad: Wood for Construction: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in order to devise and implement the necessary policies and legislative changes to remove existing barriers to an increase in the use of timber in construction; second, to work with industry, third level education and State bodies in order to skill up the construction industry on timber as a construction material; and, third, to increase...