Results 1-14 of 14 for construction industry council speaker:Joan Burton

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Joan Burton: ...homes. However, there are many other sites in all of the Dublin county areas, as well as in other cities and large towns around the country, which are zoned residential but which are awaiting pre-construction servicing. This is one area, whether for affordable or private housing, where the measures have been so modest that at times they are utterly disappointing. I remember as...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: .... Figures published recently show that the level of home ownership in Ireland is on a downward curve. Traditionally, most people in secure employment over a long period, be they working for the council, the Government or a private company, could aspire to buying their own homes. This trend is really under attack and the figures are sliding. My question is a fundamental one for Fine...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: ...working by 2018. Through Pathways to Work and the Action Plan for Jobs, we have the strategies to achieve it. We will continue to pursue foreign direct investment, and will continue to encourage indigenous industry and local businesses, particularly in the SME sector. Small businesses are the beating heart of communities up and down the country and it is a priority of mine to provide...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: ...it reached 15.1%. The arrangements for helping people to find work have changed significantly. First, I am delighted to say apprenticeships have restarted, including in the wet trades in the construction industry. I met the CIF on a number of occasions in recent times to talk about the need to get the system of apprenticeships in Ireland under a revamped model going again. The Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Joan Burton: ..., it is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution to homelessness and housing difficulties is to build more houses. Unfortunately, when Fianna Fáil was in government, it crashed the building industry. We are now slowly rebuilding it to get homes for families and homes for people. Already this year, we have devoted in the budget for 2015 and over the next three years the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: ...time as a working family dividend, will be attractive. I am conscious of the fact that we have roughly 80,000 people on the live register. In the main these are men who lost their jobs during the construction collapse or lost jobs in areas related to construction and many of those men are in family relationships with children. I hope that this will be a significant assistance to that...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Joan Burton: ...work, training and apprenticeship opportunities. It is critical our employers are fully active in giving unemployed persons an opportunity to get back into work. That is why I appointed a labour market council of leading industry and policy experts, featuring representatives from some of Ireland's biggest employers, to drive implementation of the Pathways to Work strategy. The council...

Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: I concur with much of what Deputy Barrett has said. Almost 30,000 people are employed on a full-time or part-time basis in various sectors of the horse and greyhound industry. I regret the complete shambles made of the arrangements over the past 13 years by Fianna Fáil and its various Government partners. We saw a parade of different vested interests all looking for an angle, all...

Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Dec 2008)

Joan Burton: ...unless they are specifically excluded. That means if a new quango is created, delegating unto itself particular ministerial functions, as happened for instance with issues relating to the security industry, fresh legislation would not be needed. This means a new body, from the time of its establishment date, should be legitimately subject to inquiries by the Ombudsman, therefore...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: ...for by zoning. Where is the Green Party in all of this? I do not understand that. Now that the housing sector is closing down and flattening out because of the current difficulties in the construction industry the Minister's colleagues wish to move away from the already rezoned land, from the developments that have begun at Hantsfield, Tyrellstown and the Phoenix Park race course. Much...

Fiscal Policy. (30 Jan 2008)

Joan Burton: ...for Irish economic growth. Now that we are facing into difficulties, another set of bodies and factors is to blame such as the international financial situation, the European Central Bank and the Council of Ministers. The Minister has no hands-on approach, yet he has some responsibility to bear for the downturn in the economy and the impact it is having on families, particularly those...

Schools Building Projects. (13 Nov 2007)

Joan Burton: ...another. The Government states repeatedly that it wishes to avoid ghettoisation. Segregated schooling is the quickest route to building ghettoes. Is that the Minister's intention? Fingal County Council recently announced, as requested by the Minister, a programme of school building for Dublin 15 and Fingal. Has the Minister secured the funding for this from the Minister for Finance or...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Jun 2007)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his detailed response to the Labour Party amendment. On the construction industry in general and its critical importance to the economy, I remind the Minister that in March construction firms employing more than five persons reduced their workforce on an annualised basis for the first time in four years. Figures for housing starts dropped significantly for the...

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: ...to pay? That is irresponsible politics and would be addressed by an alternative Government. I am surprised that simple things have not been done, such as rigorous energy standards in the construction industry and major products under the national plan to be carbon-proofed. Large-scale schemes are needed to convert existing buildings to meet energy efficiency standards. Generous grant...