Results 1-3 of 3 for construction industry council speaker:James Bannon

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

James Bannon: .... A roadmap would probably be the better way to proceed. Who will appoint the national expert advisory body on climate change? Will it have representatives from the agricultural community, the construction industry and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport? In the case of our road structure, for example, huge opportunities were missed when we were constructing the motorways...

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

James Bannon: ...years and is predicted to rise to a nine year high by the end of this year. Speaking from the perspective of coming from a rural constituency, the direct impact on jobs is most keenly felt in the construction and farming sectors, with farmers being driven out of industry at an unprecedented rate. During recent years Longford-Westmeath has seen overall job losses of almost 150 people at...

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

James Bannon: ...and raised it on many occasions in this House and in other forums on which I serve. I commend the Independent group on introducing this motion. I also commend the initiative taken by Fingal County Council on energy and insulation standards, which will require new houses to be 60% more energy efficient than the existing minimum standards and which will cope with what is essentially a...