Results 1-3 of 3 for construction industry council speaker:Mick Barry

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Mick Barry: ...is why we need to break with the policies of the market. This is why we need an alternative approach. I support the proposal in this motion. It is an important proposal for the establishment of a State construction company. If one looks at the local authority housing estates in Cork city such as Ballyphehane, Garranabraher or Knocknaheeny, there are many successes there. Yes, there...

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Mick Barry: ...grounds for eviction illegal, as is the case in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. Finally, we need to give the State the wherewithal to build houses. That means going beyond direct labour units in councils, which we had in the past, and nationalising the construction industry. Let us put the construction industry under public ownership in order that the public interest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Mick Barry: In effect, we are discussing the regulation of the building industry today. We are discussing the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill 2017, which effectively proposes that the State outsource control and that the industry effectively regulates the industry. I have listened to the contribution of Mr. Parlon. I thought it was interesting that he praised the...