A short interview with Paraic White, former head of the IDA, and myself was broadcast at lunch time on the RTE Radio 1 "This Week" programme, giving our reaction to the recent budget.
Showing posts with label construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label construction. Show all posts
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Irish Taxation Institute: Budget Breakfast Briefing
This morning, I joined a panel discussion hosted by the Irish Taxation Institute (ITI) on the morning after the national budget. The discussion was moderated by Bryan Dobson of RTE, and included Liam Grimes (KPMG), Danny McCoy (IBEC), Olivia Lynch (ITI) and Colm McCarthy (UCD), as well as myself representing Engineers Ireland. About 270 people attended.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Executive and Council meetings
Yesterday morning we had a short, one hour, Executive meeting followed immediately by Council.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Finance Committee Meeting; Executive Committee Meeting
This afternoon at Clyde Road we had our November Finance Committee meeting, followed immediately by a meeting of the Cafe Clyde Committee, and then by the Executive.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
September Council meeting
On Saturday morning last we had our September Council meeting.
Council is now using basecamp to help organise our meetings, including posting of documents and papers in advance of the meetings. I encourage you to consider using basecamp for the organisation of any meetings with which you many be involved for our organisation.
Brian Kavanagh, as head of the Finance Committee, reported that finances remain extremely tight, but we are currently still on course to break even for the full year. Our main source of income is our subscriptions from members.
Council is now using basecamp to help organise our meetings, including posting of documents and papers in advance of the meetings. I encourage you to consider using basecamp for the organisation of any meetings with which you many be involved for our organisation.
Brian Kavanagh, as head of the Finance Committee, reported that finances remain extremely tight, but we are currently still on course to break even for the full year. Our main source of income is our subscriptions from members.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Leadership 4 Growth: Construction Industry
I had a coffee today with Liam O'Donohue, of Enterprise Ireland, and responsible for the Leadership 4 Growth programme for the construction industry.
Liam was previously involved in the earlier variant of this programme for the software and bio-medical sectors, and I was one of the business mentors on this programme.
The construction industry programme is reaching the end of its year with a cohort 29 Irish CEOs from civil engineering, architecture and consultancy firms, and has been run in conjunction with Duke University in North Carolina.
Liam briefed me on the operation of the programme of the last twelve months, and some of the feedback from the participants, all of whom aspire to develop their international markets. The tension between short term sheer survival in the industry, and more medium term trends towards energy management in the industry, creates both interesting opportunities and challenges.
I understand that Enterprise Ireland intend to run a second tranche of the programme, starting next spring, with a further set of about 30 Irish CEOs.
Liam was previously involved in the earlier variant of this programme for the software and bio-medical sectors, and I was one of the business mentors on this programme.
The construction industry programme is reaching the end of its year with a cohort 29 Irish CEOs from civil engineering, architecture and consultancy firms, and has been run in conjunction with Duke University in North Carolina.
Liam briefed me on the operation of the programme of the last twelve months, and some of the feedback from the participants, all of whom aspire to develop their international markets. The tension between short term sheer survival in the industry, and more medium term trends towards energy management in the industry, creates both interesting opportunities and challenges.
I understand that Enterprise Ireland intend to run a second tranche of the programme, starting next spring, with a further set of about 30 Irish CEOs.
Monday, July 27, 2009
2010 Conference, and debate series
I met with John Power (DG) and Fionnuala Kilbane (marketing & comms. director) this morning at Clyde Rd., to review the plans to date for next years conference, and a new debate series.
Our conference will be hosted by the Cork Region on 22nd April and 23rd April next, and will celebrate out 175th anniversary. In discussions with the Cork Region, and in particular with its Chair Kevin Murray, we are planning to extend the conference to a full two days, including in particular a new session on the afternoon of the friday. This new plenary session will consider a number of specific resolutions, which will be proposed by the Regions, Divisions and Societies this autumn. Six of these will then be debated at Conference in the new afternoon session, with a proposing delegation (from a Region, Society or Division as appropriate).
There also a number of social activities around the conference being planned by the Cork Region.
In discussions this morning, we also examined the conference fees for 2010, and hope to be soon able to announce a modest reduction in conference fees, despite the longer conference (of two full days, rather than a day and a half).
In addition to the Conference, we are also planning a series of evening debates throughout the autumn, winter and spring, culminating in the Conference itself. Topics for debate could include national water policy; national energy strategy; the future of the construction industry; innovation; job creation, and regulation of the profession. The exact topics will be chosen in consultation with the Regions, Divisions and Societies in early autumn.
I believe that the new plenary session at Conference, and the debate series, should both provide an excellent way to further engage the Regions, Divisions and Societies; as well as provide further visibility of Engineers Ireland with the public at large.
Our conference will be hosted by the Cork Region on 22nd April and 23rd April next, and will celebrate out 175th anniversary. In discussions with the Cork Region, and in particular with its Chair Kevin Murray, we are planning to extend the conference to a full two days, including in particular a new session on the afternoon of the friday. This new plenary session will consider a number of specific resolutions, which will be proposed by the Regions, Divisions and Societies this autumn. Six of these will then be debated at Conference in the new afternoon session, with a proposing delegation (from a Region, Society or Division as appropriate).
There also a number of social activities around the conference being planned by the Cork Region.
In discussions this morning, we also examined the conference fees for 2010, and hope to be soon able to announce a modest reduction in conference fees, despite the longer conference (of two full days, rather than a day and a half).
In addition to the Conference, we are also planning a series of evening debates throughout the autumn, winter and spring, culminating in the Conference itself. Topics for debate could include national water policy; national energy strategy; the future of the construction industry; innovation; job creation, and regulation of the profession. The exact topics will be chosen in consultation with the Regions, Divisions and Societies in early autumn.
I believe that the new plenary session at Conference, and the debate series, should both provide an excellent way to further engage the Regions, Divisions and Societies; as well as provide further visibility of Engineers Ireland with the public at large.
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