Results 1-11 of 11 for construction industry council speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...new flood relief schemes in 2018. While Midleton was part of this programme, major flooding in 2015 and again in 2016 was the catalyst to commence work on the design of the scheme. Cork County Council, which is leading the design of the scheme, appointed engineering and environmental consultants in 2017. Designing any flood relief scheme is complicated and requires data on flood sources...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (28 Feb 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...up to €0.75 million each, to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas. Under this scheme, the OPW has provided funding to Mayo County Council for the construction of embankments in the Carraholly area to protect individual properties from coastal flooding. The Department of Finance has overall responsibility for policy...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...in the Chamber now. Many of the questions pertain to different Departments. We have made records of them and we will reply to them in writing because they do not actually relate to the European Council at all. I will take the last questions first, which relate specifically to the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Transport. I will refer Deputy O'Donoghue's questions to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Risk Management (19 Jan 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...main flood risk areas throughout the country. These include the proposed schemes for County Louth, which are Dundalk, Blackrock south, Drogheda, Carlingford, Greenore, Baltray and Ardee. Louth County Council, working with the Office of Public Works, has agreed to be the lead authority in the delivery of these schemes. The council chairs each project steering group, which includes the...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...-of-government approach. I attended the recent meeting of the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group and was impressed by the extent of measures already in place and being progressed to avoid construction in flood-prone areas, protecting at-risk communities and responding to reduce the impacts of flood events. The catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hotel Accommodation (7 Dec 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...must ensure that any increase in returns is done at an appropriate rate and in a way that visitors perceive as reasonable.  This is a point Minister Ross and I constantly stress in our engagements with the industry. Fundamentally, the issue is one of supply and demand and in this context Fáilte Ireland released an assessment of hotel...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2015. (28 Sep 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...to promote the island of Ireland, North and South. There are problems looming. It is great that there are problems because the fact that they exist and that there are capacity issues shows there is growth in the industry. It also makes my job easier in attracting Department of Public Expenditure and Reform money into the industry. Deputies Munster and Troy alluded to the difficulty...

The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this positive debate. A great many of the contributions have been highly constructive. However, it speaks volumes about where lies the interest of the Opposition parties in rural Ireland, after all the bellyaching in which Opposition Members have engaged in recent weeks and months. This is the industry that probably has the potential to lift every...

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...the new local authority. These are not just numbers. They represent people and their families, many of whom have been on the lists for a considerable period of time. I know from my time as a county councillor that some people on the housing lists spend huge amounts of time on them. There has been the safety valve of the rental market but matters were really brought home to me over...

Planning and Development (Transparency and Consumer Confidence) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...we need to fix the problems we face. Some of the provisions in this Bill will go a long way towards mitigating the problems. The Bill makes reference to Part 8 planning and developments, whereby councils grant permission to themselves. At present there is no watchdog for compliance with planning permission where a local authority grants itself planning permission. Where a private...

Private Members' Business. Building Control Regulations: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jun 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the major issues confronting the Government and local authorities is the poor developments left by unscrupulous developers. Decisions taken by the planning authorities were not followed up and construction was characterised by a lack of enforcement and inspection, leaving families to pick up the pieces. One of the lessons we must learn from the Celtic tiger period is that we cannot...