David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know this is very technical, but I ask Dr. Sharkey to bear with me because it is quite important. I am aware of a number of cases where shoddy workmanship was done by people who may not have been on the register. Solar installation is expanding throughout the country. We really need to be cognisant of this and we need to clamp down on it. The earthing of domestic facilities, for instance, is important. If an electrician goes into a non-domestic building is it incumbent on him or her to check the situation prior to doing any work to make sure everything else is okay? If a solar PV array is being put up on a building and the work done already is not up to spec, if an electrician then adds their work it could compromise what they do.