Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 March 2022
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I am looking for an explanation of the definition of "public morality." As I have said, I looked and all I could find was that debate from almost 100 years ago in 1928 where various Deputies were not happy that it was a properly defined term. They were quite clear, even 100 years ago, that they felt it was quite a loose definition, and that the concepts of what is public morality and what is not can shift and can be open to different interpretations. If there is another basis for that definition I would like to hear it. I really just want to know, in a legislative context, what exactly does this mean and what the definition is based on. I will not push this very heavily but I am trying to find out what the Bill is trying to achieve with this.
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