Results 1-4 of 4 for construction industry council speaker:Thomas Pringle

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 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...seen as an asset or a commodity. Housing is a basic human right and should be treated as such. The Government should borrow now for capital investment in a nationalised housing body that would allow us to create a State-owned construction sector that would generate apprenticeships, trades and jobs that would in turn focus on building social housing and cost rental homes. It is also not...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I am generally concerned about how this is policed and enforced. For many years, contractors had to be compliant with the construction industry pension scheme. I do not know about national bodies, but local authorities turned a blind eye to it because they were getting the contractors at the most competitive price. I raised it with Donegal County Council a number of years ago. When it...