Results 1-5 of 5 for construction industry council speaker:Malcolm Noonan

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: .... Quite a number related to the tenant in situ scheme and the social affordable targets, which were raised by Deputy Seán Crowe. Deputy Mac Lochlainn requested that we meet Donegal county councillors, and I will put that to the Minister. Other comments were made by Deputy Pringle about defective concrete blocks. If I have time at the end, I will try to come in on some of those...

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...want to begin by acknowledging that this report, Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment, is the result of excellent work by the committee and the many contributors to its content. Embodied carbon in construction materials makes a significant contribution to the lifetime carbon emissions of new buildings. These embodied carbon emissions are being addressed by the climate action plan,...

Seanad: Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...it is also a plan for the future. To ensure that supply ramps up to a scale we need to deliver on Housing for All's ambition. We must increase the number of people employed by as well as the productivity of the construction industry. These long-term policies will result in a sustained level of housing output. The Tánaiste announced last summer funding of €5 million over a...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: ...to reform and to remove the disincentives to renting those properties in the second quarter of this year. Deputy O'Callaghan raised some interesting points about town centres, the Heritage Council and the collaborative town centre health check, which I think is a vital component of gathering data to see what we need, where empty properties are, and how they could be repurposed. He...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Incidence (19 Nov 2020)

Malcolm Noonan: ...by defects in the block work in Donegal and Mayo, to carry out a desktop study, which would include a consultation process with affected homeowners, public representatives, local authorities, industry stakeholders and other relevant parties, to establish the nature of the problem in the affected dwellings, and outline a range of technical options for remediation and the means by which...