Results 1-13 of 13 for construction industry council speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...employers. SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority will continue to plan and fund provision in the light of forecast registrations. The strong growth in apprenticeship numbers will assist the construction sector in meeting its skill needs. SOLAS is also in discussion with the Construction Industry Federation to evaluate construction skill needs across a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...this year. In addition to forecast numbers in the existing trades, apprentices will also be registered on a range of new apprenticeships that will be developed under the auspices of the Apprenticeship Council. A number of these new apprenticeships will commence registration this year and further apprenticeships will come on stream in 2017 and future years. The Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (22 Oct 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...supply is still suffering from the impact of the property crash. In terms of measures, a shortage of supply is at the heart of rising rents and the Government is addressing this on a number of fronts. Construction 2020: A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector, published last year, is aimed at addressing issues in the property and construction sectors and ensuring that any bottlenecks...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Job Initiatives (24 Sep 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...the announcement of the closure of the BOSE factory, I established an inter-agency group under the chairmanship of Enterprise Ireland, also including IDA Ireland, the Director of Monaghan County Council, the Local Enterprise Office (LEO), the Cavan / Monaghan and Louth / Meath Educational Training Boards (ETB), and Department of Social Protection. The initial action of the group was to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (16 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...x2018;IP Protocol 2015’ is currently underway. A key recommendation of the 2012 report centres around the establishment of a Central Technology Transfer Office (ctto) to provide an effective interface between industry and the research community and to drive a world class technology transfer system in Ireland, ensuring it is responsive to the needs of both industry and academia....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...also recorded increases in job numbers since 2011. According to the CSO Quarterly National Household Survey, as of the fourth quarter of 2014, seasonally adjusted, the number of people at work in industry and services increased by 73,400, and there are 13,400 more people at work in construction, since the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs in 2012. In relation to agency...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Programmes (18 Dec 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...and other public research institutions. A key recommendation of the report centres around the establishment of a Central Technology Transfer Office (ctto) to provide an effective interface between industry and the research community and to drive a world class technology transfer system in Ireland, ensuring it is responsive to the needs of both industry and academia. The ctto branded...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (29 May 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...go abroad. There is a pull factor in being able to assume responsibility at an early age. There are different forces exercising others, who have been forced out particularly by the collapse of the construction industry. Senator White also made interesting points about the need to create an entrepreneurial environment in the public service. That is a real challenge. We are heading in...

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: ...up in these sectors. Ten per cent of bus routes may not be a big figure but it is big compared to the large zero that applied, as the Senator rightly said, in the previous years. There is progress happening in that area. On whether the construction boom could lead to another collapse, I do not believe we will repeat that collapse. The banking controls and the mistakes in the way the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: We are accompanied by departmental officials, including Mr. Philip Kelly, assistant secretary, Mr. Tommy Murray, industrial division, Mr. Aidan Hodson, research division, and Mr. Pat Kelly. There are many files for this Council, which spans a large area of responsibility and involves Departments other than ours. The Council is divided into two days. One is largely devoted to the research...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...strategy. Ireland's employment rate for 20-64yrs rose from 66.4% in 1998 to a peak of 73.8% in 2007. This growth was underpinned by rapid increases in employment, particularly in sectors such as construction, financial services, health and education, and was assisted by long term positive increases in educational attainment and higher female participation. Moreover, this increase in the...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (22 Mar 2012)

Richard Bruton: I understand that the documentation provided by the Deputy relates to the position of the Construction Industry Federation and SIPTU respectively in relation to amendments proposed by the CIF to the terms and conditions of employment for workers in the construction sector currently set out in the Registered Employment Agreement. I understand that the parties to the Joint Industrial Council...

National Development Plan: Statements. (15 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: ...as Pfizer and Motorola, are being affected. Huge infrastructural gaps are emerging and we have fallen behind in areas that are crucial to our competitive sectors. The National Competitiveness Council outlined some of the areas in which we are lagging and its statistics are startling. Out of 30 countries, Ireland is 28th in respect of port infrastructure, 26th in respect of energy...