Results 41-60 of 1,127 for construction industry council

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (7 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...has been completed, I am advised that IDA Ireland continues to explore all possible options to identify and secure suitable lands aligned with investor needs and is continuing to liaise with Longford County Council and with wider stakeholders in this regard. On conclusion of site selection, the design and planning phases will commence. The specific dates for commencement of construction...

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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...new flood relief schemes in 2018. While Midleton was part of this programme, major flooding in 2015 and again in 2016 was the catalyst to commence work on the design of the scheme. Cork County Council, which is leading the design of the scheme, appointed engineering and environmental consultants in 2017. Designing any flood relief scheme is complicated and requires data on flood sources...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...three key words are clarity, clarity and more clarity. Everyone here today is neutral on the concept. Regarding what Mr. Geissel said earlier, we have four Dublin local authorities: Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. I was a member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for many years. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenways Provision (19 Oct 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport. I am informed that €100,000 has been allocated this year to the development of this route via Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). The planning, design and construction of this Greenway is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland, in conjunction with Meath County Council, and I would like to acknowledge your support for the development of...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...a new foundation for Ireland will be the enactment of legislation to alter the current dynamic within our local government. We have one of the weakest local government systems in the world. Within councils themselves, councillors, the democratic representatives of local communities, hold very little decision-making power. Almost all key decisions are made by unelected officials....

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...we would also provide early-stage finance to get affordable housing projects off the ground so the design and planning costs could be met. We would also provide for multi-annual funding over five years for modular and off-site construction in order to give the industry the certainty it needs to scale up production to at least 5,000 modular homes a year. This would kick-start an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...solution for sequestering carbon is through the planting of conifers, as every school project or cursory Google search will show. Dr. Eddie Casey, chief economist with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, was on "Morning Ireland" this morning and reeled off the likely costs of our decarbonisation campaign for the next ten to 20 years. A carbon reduction of 50% by 2030, which is our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

...made in special needs in Cork, I acknowledge the progress that has been made. We have done a huge amount of work in the whole area of special needs, and I acknowledge the work of the National Council for Special Education in leading a lot of that work. In Cork, by way of example, we have invested over €450 million in school facilities in the past five years. That is part and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...no later than 2050 and a reduction in emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, a carbon budget programme proposed by the Climate Change Advisory Council was adopted by the Oireachtas on 6 April 2022. On 28 July 2022, the Government approved Sectoral Emission Ceilings for both the first and second carbon budget periods, (i.e. 2021-2025 and...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: If you are fracking gas, you need to have water to keep things cool. It is all part of the construct that was set up and the separation of duties. I will go back to the gas but I am just saying that we have three reservoirs. There is one in Carrick-on-Suir on the Lingaun river, another in the Ardfinnan regional water scheme and a third in the Galtee region water scheme. They are massive...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: ...age. She lives in Barretts Buildings in Gurranebraher. She has coats and blankets by the door for the winter. That is what she is looking at. She is 78 years old. Where is the money? Officials at Cork City Council and other local authorities tell me that the funding the Government is supplying is not enough to carry out retrofitting. Due to inflation in the construction industry and...

Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...amounts have been allocated to different local authorities to bring vacant and derelict units back into use by those local authorities. The fund is there and has been pioneered in Limerick City and County Council whereby, under the current scheme, local authorities will bring existing vacant and derelict units back into use by purchasing them, bringing them back into use and selling them...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Construction Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., Local Government and Heritage has committed to implementing a range of building control reforms focused on ensuring strong and effective regulation in the building control system and of the construction industry and on improving compliance with building regulations. Such measures have included implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; creation of the national...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (11 Jul 2023)

Catherine Connolly: .... Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss progress on the new light rail system for Cork and surrounding environs. Deputy John Lahart - to discuss the development of an oversight authority for the construction industry and the current procedures available to buyers of defective properties. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh - to discuss the HIQA report on governance and safeguarding in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (29 Jun 2023)

Simon Coveney: .... The FDI performance in the region has been consistent over the past five years with employment among IDA clients increasing by 48% over that time. The region has an impressive range of companies across all industry sectors, with strengths in Life Sciences, Technology, Global Business Services, International Financial Services, and Engineering & Industrial Technologies. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for parents/guardians and students who use the service and those who do not use the service but who would like to. A broad array of stakeholders including schools, special education interest groups, industry representatives and other Government Departments were all consulted as part of this review. Phase 1 of the review examined the impact of eligibility criteria on mainstream pupils who...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ..., Kildare and South County Dublin, the Blessington Greenway in Wicklow, the Mid-Shannon Wilderness Greenway in Longford (Corlea Bog), Wicklow to Greystones Greenway and the Arklow to Shillelagh Greenway. The following greenway projects commenced construction in 2021/2022 with completion expected in 2023: A significant stretch of the Grand Canal Greenway (specific sections include Aylmers...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...take part in overseas missions. I was interested in the Taoiseach's comments to the effect that our non-membership of NATO helped us greatly helped us greatly in securing a seat on the UN Security Council. Therefore, we can still play an active role in all those areas I mentioned because we are not a member of NATO. That is something we should be conscious of. The Taoiseach said...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...not outsource that to a for-profit health sector or for-profit education system. The State educates those people so that they are able to provide these necessary skills. However, when it comes to construction, for example, or what will be a vital area of climate response in all its myriad of forms, we are largely relying on the private sector to provide apprenticeships. That simply is...