Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the regulation. I am a technician and am well used to dealing with electrical items. However, the regulation relates to domestic situations, but a broader range needs to be considered. There are rules for factories and other businesses, but some regulations of a similar nature would be useful in that respect.

Enforcing this regulation will be difficult. Inspectors have been used, but I do not know how they work. Will inspectors carry out checks or will it be just a case of producing the proper certification for the work when someone sells a house? I have often seen the shoddy and dangerous work done by people who do this work themselves. It has led to accidents, many of which I have witnessed over the years.

I welcome the setting of standards such as this one. I hope we can expand on it in respect of other areas.