Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I welcome the Minister of State's generosity throughout the meeting. That is genuinely a positive thing. We would be more than open to some alternative formulation of this amendment. I agree with Deputies O'Callaghan and Nash about the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. There is a whole set of concerns for workers working for registered companies but there is also the very significant issue of bogus self-employment. There are many people who, even though they do not want to be registered and would like to be PAYE workers, will essentially be forced to register because they are forced to operate as sole traders. Their voice is a very different voice and their interests are very different interests from those of actual registered construction industry professionals.

As a result, I think the ICTU representative, in particular, would be important.

I take this opportunity to re-emphasise, and know the Minister hears the point I am making, the importance of the National Building Control Office and the building control regulations being a much more public part of this process. That is really key. I hope that those two elements come are placed in the foreground in the Minister of State's deliberations between now and Report Stage.