Results 1-3 of 3 for construction industry council speaker:Dessie Ellis

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Dessie Ellis: ...the pace of price rises. By any stretch of the imagination, it is clear that huge profits are being made and that some builders are sitting on lands waiting for prices to further rise. Recent figures from the construction industry show the construction of a three-bed 113 sq. m. house, with the land and acquisition costs, is €57,500. Finance costs for the builder coming in at...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Dessie Ellis: ...companies such as Homebond to behave as they have. Of course the State did not put pyrite in people's houses, but when regulation fails the State must accept its failure in this. The quarry and construction sectors are most responsible and it is unfortunate that we enter this new period and the beginning of a resolution without a clear method of recouping the public funds used for the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Dessie Ellis: ...She claimed that people with disabilities would comprise a specific focus in the provision of new housing through the budget. This does not stack up with the numbers. Adaptation grants were cut by 40% last year. Dublin City Council had to close its scheme for the year as the money had run out by the summer. The new grant money included in this budget is money to help people to extend...