Written answers
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Workplace Accidents
9:00 pm
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 15 October 2008, the details of the membership of the Construction Industry Group which acts as an advisory group to the board of FÁS; the dealings she has with the Construction Industry Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36574/08]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Construction Industry Group was established to advise the Board of FÁS on training related issues for the construction industry. The Group is chaired by Mr Brian Keogh and has representatives from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC), the Health & Safety Authority (HSA), my Department and the Department of the Environment & Local Government and Enterprise Ireland.
There are currently twenty positions on the Group one of which is filled by an official from my Department. The membership of the Construction Industry Group is as follows:
| No. | Name | |
| Chairman (FÁS Board Member) | 1 | Mr Brian Keogh |
| Construction Industry Federation | 3 | Mr Dermot Carey |
| Mr Bill Baldwin | ||
| Mr Michael Stone | ||
| Irish Business & Employers Confederation | 1 | Mr Gerry Farrell |
| Irish Congress of Trade Unions | 4 | Mr Eric Fleming |
| Mr Fred Hosford | ||
| Mr Niall Irwin | ||
| Mr Peter Kenny | ||
| Local Authorities | 2 | Mr Ray O'Dwyer |
| Mr Ned Gleeson | ||
| Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government | 1 | Mr Frank Gallagher |
| Enterprise Ireland | 1 | Mr Picardo Valez |
| Health and Safety Authority | 1 | Mr Martin O'Dea |
| Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Employment | 1 | Mr Patrick Hayden |
| Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) | 1 | Mr Kevin Whooley |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | Vacant |
| FÁS | 3 | Mr Joe McGuinness |
| Mr Robert Byrne | ||
| Mr Jim Jenkinson |
The Construction Industry Group assists FÁS in responding to the needs of the construction industry particularly in relation to ensuring that appropriate training in health and safety and general construction skills is provided. The Group is responsible for overseeing the Safe Pass programme, the Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS), and for approving new programmes under the CSCS.
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