Results 1-4 of 4 for construction industry council speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Acting Chairman. I do not necessarily have a problem with the Bill but I am somewhat at a loss to know what miraculous inspiration will be carried out by the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, by being registered with it, that will save everyone from perhaps buying bad blocks or timber, or whatever. I just cannot understand that part. The second part I am trying to fathom,...

Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...is always someone who will object to everything. Even if one wanted to put a flag out, there would be someone to object to it. We have to get that situation sorted. In fairness to many of the councils throughout the country, it was a good idea to incentivise people to set up a new business 5 km or 10 km from an existing business by way of an exemption from rates for a few years. I...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...The Minister referred to retrofitting a great many houses in the midlands when he spoke about the just transition and that being a part of such a just transition. Funnily enough, Roscommon County Council is sending out letters to people, and elderly people first of all, who might be putting in windows, doing up a roof or fitting insulation. Letters are being sent out, one after another,...

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...will not burst because the investors do not know the facts. These sites have been bought at a price at which it is impossible to build houses because the builders would not get the price to cover construction. That fact must be faced up to. The investors will get a ferocious shock down the road. We must be honest about this. If I was a Minister this minute, there is no magic wand I...