Mr. Aidan O'Connor:

Building surveyors are very much involved in the detail of building construction. One only has to look at their core curriculum to see that. I cannot accept the assertion the Deputy is making. We have not divided them off. As the Building Control Act had a recognition of registers they are now seeking to get their grouping registered, but that is a separate process.

There is an existing register and we are using that. If they wish to suggest other measures as to how they should be recognised or to seek equal recognition with other professions, there is a way to do so, but that is a registration issue, not a building control issue. We are going with the building control tools we have. It is not fair to state that we are dismissing them. We have worked with them and view them as having an important role to play, albeit a subsidiary role. We want to have someone who will oversee all of that and state that this is how the certification system works.