Results 1-11 of 11 for construction industry council speaker:Seán Canney

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: ...an important Bill for the country. I look forward to working with him on it and wish him the best of luck in his role. When I was in the private sector, I engaged a lot with insurance and the construction industry. I saw claims come in and go out, and dealt with claims in the courts. The one thing I learned was that the day you went to court with a claim was the day you were losing,...

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Seán Canney: ...end of this situation, people come into my office who have applied for social housing and have found that the thresholds are so low that they cannot get onto the ladder. Taking Galway County Council as an example, the income threshold is lower in the county than in the city. People therefore try to get onto the city's local authority housing waiting list, but they must prove that they...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Seán Canney: ...we do not have any wastewater treatment plants. When I say wastewater treatment plants, I mean publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants. In effect, what is happening is that Galway County Council’s planning department and An Bord Pleanála are refusing to allow development in any of these towns and villages if a municipal wastewater treatment plant is not available. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Seán Canney: ...insurance company will not take it on unless it does that. We are cutting ourselves off at the pass before we get there. That is a very important aspect to this as well. When I talk about the construction industry, I am talking about the guy who is building a house or a house extension, not the big guys. I am talking about the guys who have to go home in the evening and worry whether...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I will have a go at it. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for bringing forward the legislation, which is overdue because we have seen many issues in the construction industry, some of which have been the result of poor certification and workmanship with no real or effective engagement in how we take care of things when buildings are constructed, whether they are houses, public...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...crisis in every town and village in this country. That is why we must take action. I do not believe this Bill alone will be the panacea that solves all our problems. When one looks at the construction industry and how we had a boom-bust, we still have that type of scenario going on. At the moment we are in a position where we do not have a proper supply of houses. We do not have...

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...who are cash-rich, such as companies and investors, can do this at will. They can sit on land and wait to see how the market goes. They are speculators. We need to remove that from the whole industry of construction and housing. It is very clear that, right now, the housing market is dysfunctional. There is no one silver bullet that will solve it. Many things will have to be done....

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...in this country are trying to make a living like everybody else. They build houses; they are not speculators. They employ many people and we have to show them respect. If we do not have a building industry, we will not have any houses. Do not include builders in the blame game when we talk about what is wrong. We must look at what we can do to put things right. When one looks at...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ...Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers, lights and beacons throughout Ireland, in accordance with the Marine Works (Ireland) Act 1902, and piers, lights and beacons constructed under the auspices of the former Congested Districts Board. The fishery harbour and coastal infrastructure development programme is a capital expenditure programme funded from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management and Congestion in Galway Region: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: ...Galway a pilot project in introducing Waze immediately. It would be something positive to come from this discussion. Everybody has a gripe, but we should not talk ourselves out of attracting industry. IDA Ireland is a victim of its own success, but it has a responsibility when building parks. I remember building at Parkmore when I worked in the private sector in construction. We...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (25 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...the risk and take into account the protection provided by completed OPW flood defence schemes, the OPW has a Memorandum of Understanding with Insurance Ireland, the representative body of the insurance industry. This Memorandum sets out principles of how the two organisations work together to ensure that appropriate and relevant information on these completed schemes is provided to...