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July | 2012 | Dublin Economy
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. Archive for July, 2012. IEA energy technology perspectives – Ireland launch. July 11, 2012. Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director at the International Energy Agency, was in Dublin today to launch the IEA’s review of Irish energy policy. She also presented on the IEA’s energy technology perspectives which is based on three climate change scenarios. The main messages include:. ICT convergence is becoming a key enabler. Every euro invested in clean energy can ge...
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June | 2012 | Dublin Economy
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. Archive for June, 2012. Exiting the crisis: the end is nigh? June 29, 2012. Today’s IIEA’s conference was held within hours of the statement published by the eurozone council on breaking the linked sovereign and public deficit crisis. What are the implications? Over the coming days the precise implications of the eurozone statement will be teased out. Will the share price of the financial institutions rise in the light of the eurozone decision? June 21, 2012.
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September | 2012 | Dublin Economy
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. Archive for September, 2012. Irish Water – latest developments. September 26, 2012. An implementation strategy for Irish Water is nearing completion. Once published there will be a period of public consultation and awareness raising. Some 10 billion in assets will be transferred to Bord Gais Eireann/Irish Water. To this end a major due diligence exercise is underway. Under the Presstext precedent, Irish Water will have to publish new tenders for services, suppli...
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October | 2012 | Dublin Economy
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. Archive for October, 2012. Dublin Chamber visit to Brussels – part 1. October 17, 2012. A 40 strong delegation from Dublin Chamber was in Brussels on 17 / 18 October for a visit to the EU institutions. Ireland’s reputation in Brussels has been restored to a great extent; that is clear. A strongly held view is that Ireland is performing well on its programme commitments. The Commission believes that our competitive position is much improved. The Commission was to...
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. Laquo; Older Entries. July 21, 2016. The Government’s plan includes the setting up of a Housing Procurement Unit. Within the Housing Agency to provide a procurement centre of excellence and. Support to local authorities and approved housing bodies. With some 5.35. Billion to be spent over five years in constructing 47,000 housing units one. Could well ask if the current suite of procurement rules for small scale. Here are a few practical ideas. D A short standar...
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November | 2012 | Dublin Economy
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. Archive for November, 2012. Did climate change cause hurricane Sandy. November 2, 2012. The following article by Mark Fischetti which appeared in Scientific American ( 30 October 2012) is required reading: if scary. Mean that we cannot say that climate change is making storms bigger. It is doing just that a statement also based on good science, and one that the insurance industry is embracing, by the way. (Huh? More on that in a moment.). A climate phenomenon ca...
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A year as President of the Dublin Chamber. September 25, 2012. Emer Costello, MEP, hosted a seminar today in the European Parliament on the theme ‘Diaspora: the case for an EU policy ‘. The meeting was addressed by an expert panel of speakers. The event was supported by the Irish International Diaspora Centre (IIDC) Trust. The aim of the seminar was to articulate the key elements of what might become a new EU policy initiative. A few facts first. This seminar emphasised the clear need for the EU to devel...