Results 81-100 of 1,125 for construction industry council

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Quarrying Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...include planning guidance on the attachment of appropriate conditions to quarry-related permissions. Where blasting is required, the issuing of a permit for the use of explosives in the extractive industry, or for other purposes, is a matter for An Garda Síochána, which falls within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, whose Department has issued the Guide to...

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...despite the fact that it is incredibly versatile, from textiles and horticulture to fertiliser and insulation. It could be insulating our homes in the middle of a housing crisis when the cost of construction has just sky-rocketed. It has so many applications and we should really and truly have a thriving wool sector in Ireland. Instead, we have the opposite. That is indicative of an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Industry (30 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: Profits arising from construction trade activities are taxed in the same manner as other trades. Income tax or corporation tax (as the case may be) is charged under Schedule D Case I for each year of assessment on the annual profits or gains of the construction trade carried on by a person. Relief for certain capital expenditure is given by way of capital allowances. Expenditure which is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Priorities (9 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...a number of recommendations aimed at establishing Irish grown wool as a sustainable and progressive sector. The primary recommendation is the establishment of an independent Irish Grown Wool Council led by industry which would develop and promote Irish wool domestically and internationally and bring together multiple stakeholders to foster collaboration, innovation and scaling activities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

...materialise. This was mainly due to the planning put in place by all of the ports involved, the rapid shift to direct services and having the direct service capacity and frequency available for industry. There will be significant investment in Rosslare Europort, particularly starting off later this year. We have agreed with the Office of Public Works, OPW, that the border inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...up to €0.75 million each, to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas. Under this scheme, the OPW has provided funding to Mayo County Council for the construction of embankments in the Carraholly area to protect individual properties from coastal flooding. The Department of Finance has overall responsibility for policy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies and Senators for their contributions. I join with Deputy Brady in welcoming the Windsor Framework and particularly the certainty it will give to business and to industry, some of which are doing quite well while others in the context of consumer goods were finding aspects of the protocol difficult. In all of the practical day-to-day issues that were raised, from goods...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: .... Quite a number related to the tenant in situ scheme and the social affordable targets, which were raised by Deputy Seán Crowe. Deputy Mac Lochlainn requested that we meet Donegal county councillors, and I will put that to the Minister. Other comments were made by Deputy Pringle about defective concrete blocks. If I have time at the end, I will try to come in on some of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

...of a register of competent builders. SI 9 created a responsibility, starting with the owner or initiator of a project, to identify competent people to act at design stage, follow through into construction stage and, ultimately, achieve certification at the end for compliance with building regulations. The Hackitt report, which came out on foot of Grenfell four or five years later,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...;s future plans. There is acute awareness of the need to address current backlogs in apprenticeship training and meet future demand projections set out in the recent report on Skills for Residential Construction and Retrofit working in partnership with SOLAS and HEA. Reform of Further Education and Training (FET) My Department is working closely with SOLAS and the ETBs to develop the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)

...a local authority to deviate from some of the suggestions or recommendations from the Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR. Observations and deviations should be permissible if supported by the council executive and a majority of the members pursuant to a statement of compliance with the principles of proper planning and development. I emphasise that point on timelines. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Brendan Smith: ...agreements, Government policy, State policies or whatever, that we review what has happened. We should posit and put that out there, and show what can be done. Mr. D'Arcy mentioned the agrifood industry. That has grown so much on an all-Ireland basis. The company, Lakeland Dairies, made massive investment in the likes of Omagh, and throughout Northern Ireland, where both the raw 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...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Thank you very much, Acting Chair. I very much appreciate this chance to share some of the latest thinking and developments in the development of the offshore wind industry, which is going to be of significant economic, environmental and social consequences for the people of our country. We were one of the first countries out of the traps on this. The offshore wind power project off Arklow...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I look forward to visiting Sligo again. I have been trying to get out there. I am visiting Westmeath County Council tomorrow and I look forward to visiting the county councils in both Sligo and Leitrim to talk to them about the climate action plan we have to deliver together. I am looking forward to visiting Sligo in particular because one of the most interesting pathfinder projects in our...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...were developed in summer 2022, as required under law, which range in ambition from a 75% reduction in emissions for the likes of the electricity sector and a 50% reduction in emissions in transport, while industry varied between reductions of 35% and 40% down to 25% for agriculture. We are clear on the responsibilities each sector has. The climate action plan, agreed by the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2023)

Simon Harris: .... All six Schools of Architecture in the Republic of Ireland have partnered on this project.  Each Higher Education Institution (HEI) partner will strengthen their academic delivery with local and city councils who are invested in sustainable planning and building in their jurisdictions. The National Planning Framework 2040 Plan with its overarching region-by-region sustainability...

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Mairead Farrell: Before I begin on the Appropriation Bill, I note that this might be the Minister's last occasion to address the Dáil as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.I thank him for being very constructive throughout his term and I wish him all the best for the future. The purpose of the Appropriation Bill is to give statutory authority for the amounts voted by the Dáil during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

...Office. I am here with my colleague, Mr. Richard Butler. To set the scene, in 2019, the National Building Control Office, was set up as a specialist shared-service business unit hosted by Dublin City Council. The office provides oversight, support and direction for the development and standardisation of building control in the State. The office is also responsible for the national...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...the committee and assisted us greatly in grappling with this important issue. It is also important to acknowledge a number of other actors. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's construction sector working group, and its innovation subgroup, have led the way in many of the debates we are now having. Enterprise Ireland has been very positive in respect of some recent research...