Results 1-6 of 6 for construction industry council speaker:Kieran O'Donnell

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...be a health warning in property supplements in newspapers, which are increasing to between 30 and 40 pages, as we seem to be set to do the same all over again. Dr. Ronan Lyons pointed out our construction costs are still in excess of those in Germany. The industry, therefore, has not adjusted to eight years of recession. We still have excessive construction costs. Is the industry full...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in the context of the challenges facing the economy. Today's newspapers highlight a report by NCB stockbrokers, which states growth in the service industry slowed to a four-year low in January, the level of new exports among new service providers fell for the first time in 53 months in January and business confidence levels are well below last...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (5 Feb 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...now state it could be as low as 2%. I tabled a parliamentary question to ask the Minister his budget projections for the number of house completions and the reply was 55,000. At present, the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, predicts 30,000, other economic commentators predict 45,000 and, anecdotally, I have heard the figure could be even lower. Every reduction of 10,000 in house...

Competitiveness of the Economy: Motion (4 Dec 2007)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...to job creation but the main reason for this debate is that Ireland is no longer competitive. The Government neglected manufacturing and exportation in the past six years to focus entirely on the construction industry. The low interest rates that came about on our adoption of the euro led to artificial circumstances, thus making the Government's position possible. We must return to...