Results 121-140 of 454 for construction industry council

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: ...to the site. Developing the access road into the site has been the immediate priority since the completion of the purchase. Access to the site is off the M6 Galway to Dublin Motorway and the construction of the access road has been divided into two phases. Phase 1 is the section off the M6 into the southern portion of the lands and works on this phase have been completed. Phase 2...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...creation. The Action Plan sets out a number of actions in relation to the arts sectors. The nature of employment within the sector encompasses a wide range of activities and may also embody the industrial creative sectors, including audio-visual production. For example, it is estimated that the audio-visual sector provides 6,000 full-time job equivalents. Last year, 53 feature films were...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (18 Jun 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...to the heritage and arts sectors. The nature of employment within these sectors encompasses a wide range of activities, from theatre and music to archaeology and tourism. It may also embody the industrial creative sectors, including audio-visual production. For example, it is estimated that the audio-visual sector provides 6,000 full-time job equivalents. Last year, 53 feature films were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Ms Orla Hegarty: They are a significant barrier. The figure of 4,000 available spaces for apartments in buildings between the canals came from the Dublin City Council planning department a number of years ago, so some of them may have been reoccupied since. These buildings can be turned around quickly. The infrastructure is there. More importantly, they are integrated into communities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...dilapidated houses, with bigger and better houses built adjacent to them. I often wonder why a dilapidated house was not retained. Someone should take those houses over, even if it is the county council, and get them back into a reasonable state for somebody to live in. I am into practical solutions but the highest environmental standards have to be attached. I am not, by nature, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in their homes. I believe that the ongoing building control reform agenda, with its many initiatives, already provides a comprehensive roadmap for embedding a culture of real compliance within the construction industry. The reform agenda includes: - Amendments made to the Building Control Regulations; - Establishment of a shared services National Building Control Management Project; and -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (26 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 170 together. Embodied Carbon of Construction materials is being considered under emissions from the Industry Sector in Climate Action Plan 2023. Through Climate Action Plan 2023, Government will actively deliver a series of measures to reduce embodied carbon in construction materials, and emissions from cement production including: - Specifying...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...Creighton for her question. Appointments to the NESC are made, as I said, in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 and the National Economic and Social Council (Alteration of Composition) Order 2010. In accordance with those provisions, NESC has members nominated by business and employer interests which include the Irish Business Employers...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...in respect of the leaving certificate programme. My suggestion to the Minister for Education is to commence the process much earlier and to merge the Further Education and Training Awards Council, FETAC, framework at junior certificate stage, possibly during transition year. Building a two-days-per-week work experience into the apprenticeship, the school would be encouraged to build a...

Topical Issue Debates: Local Authority Funding (24 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: ...money from the Department. That needs to change. The population in these areas continues to expand and the problem is going to get worse. The Minister of State can see the building all around our county and the way in which the council struggles to provide the services the public expects from a local authority. The county council is struggling to provide a park in Ashbourne due to lack...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217, 218 and 220 together. The National Construction Centre was established to provide training of plant construction operators, including delivery of the full range of Construction Skills Certification Scheme programmes and Safepass, for which FÁS is the designated competent authority under the relevant Statutory Instrument (Recognition of Professional...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (21 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: ...Fishery Harbour Centre where significant development work is being undertaken in 2008. The total investment for 2008 is in excess of €9.5m which includes an allocation of €8m for the new quay construction works. The development of the harbour will allow for larger vessels carrying deeper draft and will accommodate all of the new modern vessels which have entered the Castletownbere...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his affirmation of all those who work in the housing department in Kerry County Council and in the construction industry more generally. Yesterday I met representatives from the industry to discuss the degree to which they have developed innovative approaches to safety in the workplace, particularly during the Covid pandemic. The return-to-work protocol became the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...permissions, and the appeal to the Supreme Court against the constitutionality of the legislation, the Government's real motive in introducing the current loophole for developers was to appease the construction lobby. Although we said more time should be given to allow the benefits of Part V to become apparent, the Minister, Deputy Cullen, would have none of it and guillotined the Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Engagements (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...fully utilize the visit. These included: Meeting with the Vice President of Academy for Macroeconomic Research under National Development and Reform Commission, Professor Wang Yiming Meeting with the Chairman of China Construction Bank Leasing, GU Jingpu, China Construction Bank HQ Meeting with the Board of Saongroup, Saongroup China HQ Interview with the Economic Observer Meeting with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...BCP Capital Berry Global CABE Carroll Joinery Ceramic House Ltd Citifab Clare County Council COFORD Coillte Forest Industries Ireland Commission for Regulation of Utilities Comsec Construction Industry Federation...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (19 Dec 2007)

John Gormley: ...to publication of additional guidance in relation to appropriate protocols for testing underfloor infill material. My Department is represented on this Panel, together with representatives of the construction industry. Following a public consultation process, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has now published a new Standard Recommendation, which is a definitive...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...are coming from with regard to the crisis we face with housing. We had a seven-year period after a severe economic crisis during which very few homes were built at all. The banks were bust, the construction industry collapsed and the Government was not in a position to build new housing because of the fiscal crisis. In that period, however, the population continued to grow and many new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Please find table below outlining my Department's engagement with the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection and Israel's Ministry of Housing and Construction. Date Unit within DHLGH Engagement with Initiated by Type of Engagement Topic(s) 08-Aug-22 Climate and Construction Innovation Unit Israel’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (3 Nov 2016)

Damien English: ...on 19 July 2016, sets out a broad range of further measures to tackle, among other things, some of the costs associated with the provision of housing in the interests of reducing construction overheads in order to facilitate an increased level of housing output into the future. In particular, a €200 million Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) will provide much...