Results 1-20 of 20 for construction industry council speaker:Enda Kenny

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have here a list of 504 housing construction projects all over the country. This makes real sense because it puts figures and details on locations. The list is available for everyone to see on the Department's website. Instead of talking about €98 million being available for rebuilding in Ireland in 2017, one can go through the individual units that are being constructed in groups...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diaspora Policy (14 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: ..., which is aimed at attracting back to Ireland young innovators and entrepreneurs who wish to build their new businesses from an Irish base. There has been a continued implementation of the Construction 2020 programme to deliver a dynamic, competitive and sustainable construction sector, thereby providing good employment opportunities, including opportunities for the many construction...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...not lose their entire social welfare benefit when they get a job, and the opportunity for community welfare officers to make individual arrangements where this applies, as she mentioned. Dublin City Council rejected one of the decisions the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government had made in respect of further temporary accommodation in O'Devaney Gardens. These are...

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

Enda Kenny: ...with the trade unions later in 2015 on public service pay following the expiry of the Haddington Road agreement. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has lead responsibility for wider industrial relations issues and has had discussions with trade union and employer representatives on issues such as collective bargaining and sectoral pay agreements. He is also establishing the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...resources of my Department N/A N/A 2013 N/A IFSC Clearing House Group (CHG) 24 members of the IFSC Clearing House Group (CHG) is made up of representatives of the public and the private sectors and industry representative bodies. It is chaired by the Secretary-General of the Department of the Taoiseach with the objective of ensuring a co-ordinated approach to the development of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...the potential for strengthening the economic and trade relationship between Ireland and Saudi Arabia and the potential for collaboration in such areas as information technology, health, education, construction and food production for our mutual benefit. I also welcomed the recent lifting of beef restrictions, a move which presents significant opportunities for Ireland. I met Dr. Khalid...

Northern Ireland: Statements (5 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...accelerate the process of recovery and the creation of jobs on this island. I and members of the Government are availing of all opportunities, including meetings within the framework of the North-South Ministerial Council established under the Good Friday Agreement, to have continuous and constructive engagement with Northern Ireland Ministers on matters of mutual economic interest, to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...; I addressed the IBEC president's annual dinner on 20 September; I met with members of the wider farming community at the National Ploughing Championships on 26 September; and I addressed the Construction Industry Federation's annual conference on 27 September. Multilateral engagement between sectors and the Government also takes place through the National Economic and Social Council,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...of who were are as Irish people in a nation which has always prided itself on its ability to work. There is a range of changes here. Deputy Martin will be aware of the decision made at the European Council about the youth guarantee which will aim to provide adequate further training and education places for unemployed young people. That will kick in from January 2014 in areas where the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The European Council will meet in Brussels tomorrow afternoon. This meeting of EU Heads of State or Government will be the third such gathering to take place while we have held the chair of the Council of the European Union. This Council will address itself to the discussion of two thematic issues - energy and taxation - both of which are critically important to improving the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: We have had more meetings with our colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive over the past year than at any other time since the establishment of the North-South Ministerial Council. Over the past year alone the Tánaiste and Government Ministers and I have met with members of the Northern Ireland Executive on over 50 occasions. As I have previously stated we will continue to work...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...in the housing market. Let it find its own level. I am aware of the announcement by the Central Bank. On the banking sector, the general flatness of the indigenous economy and movement in the construction sector generally and the housing market in particular, the Government has reduced stamp duty on all commercial property transfers from 6% to 2%, removed capital gains tax on property...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESDO was established under the NESDO Act 2006 and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). Membership of the NESDO and the NESC for the years 2007 - 2011 are provided in the following tabular statements. In the case of the NESC, the organisations which nominated the members...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...places for the unemployed, including 5,000 work placements and 6,000 new training-reskilling places targeted at people who have lost jobs in sectors with high levels of unemployment, such as construction; a national internship programme, which has already placed 3,000 people, with many more posts currently advertised; the extension of the requirement for public bodies to pay suppliers...

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...

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...

National Development Plan: Motion (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: ...to eat his words, not once but twice. People no longer trust him because when he was Minister for Finance he said, as recently as last April, that he was not concerned about the downturn in the construction industry. We know now that approximately 25,000 construction workers have already lost their livelihoods. In addition, FÁS told the Government that up to half of those working in...

Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)

Enda Kenny: ...The public will not see any significant impact. A recent study by the European Central Bank found that Ireland ranks poorly in public sector efficiency. The Government's national competitiveness council has also reported that "the rapid rise in current and capital public spending in recent years...has sometimes reflected not an increase in the quality or quantity of public services, but...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: ...and strains in the economy that the Government should be taking seriously. For instance, the CSO's quarterly national household survey indicated that the number of Irish people working in Irish industry fell by almost 13,000 in 2005, which is approximately 1,000 job losses a month. While the survey showed an increase in employment, it also showed that the manufacturing sector is losing...