Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 28:

In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Membership of Committee

21.(1) The Committee shall consist of not less than 5 members to be appointed by the licensing authority and of whom—

(a) at least one is a representative of the licensing authority,

(b) at least one is a person who, in the opinion of the licensing authority, is qualified, and has expertise, in occupational health and safety,

(c) at least one is a representative of workers in the construction sector, and

(d) at least one is a representative of employers in the construction sector.

(2) The licensing authority shall designate one member of the Committee as chairperson.

(3) A member of the Committee shall be subject to such terms and conditions, and be paid such allowances for expenses, as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, may determine.

(4) If the chairperson is for any reason unable to continue to act as chairperson, the licensing authority may designate another member of the Committee to act as chairperson.

(5) A member of the Committee shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 3 years from the date of his or her appointment, as the licensing authority shall determine.(6) Subject to subsection (7),a member of the Committee whose term of office expires by the effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment to the Committee.

(7) A member of the Committee who has served 2 consecutive terms of office shall not be eligible for reappointment to the Committee until a period of 3 years has elapsed following the end of the second consecutive term.

(8) A member of the Committee may resign from the Committee by letter addressed to the licensing authority, and the resignation shall take effect on the date specified in the letter, or the date on which the licensing authority receives the letter, whichever is the later.

(9) A member of the Committee may at any time be removed from membership of the Committee by the licensing authority if, in the licensing authority’s opinion, the member has become incapable through ill-health of performing his or her functions, or has committed stated misbehaviour, or his or her removal appears to the licensing authority to be necessary for the effective performance by the Committee of its functions.

(10) A member of the Committee shall cease to be, and shall be disqualified from being, a member of the Committee where such member—

(a) on conviction on indictment by a court of competent jurisdiction, is sentenced to a term of imprisonment,

(b) is subject or is deemed to be subject to a disqualification order, within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2014, whether by virtue of that Chapter or any other provision of that Act, or

(c) is convicted of an offence under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022.

(11) Where a member of the Committee dies, resigns, is removed from office or otherwise ceases to hold office—

(a) the casual vacancy arising shall be filled by a person appointed in the same manner as the member of the Committee who occasioned the vacancy was appointed, and

(b) the person appointed to fill the casual vacancy shall hold office for that period of the term of office of the member who occasioned that vacancy that remains unexpired at the date of that person’s appointment, and may, in accordance with subsection (6), be reappointed to the Committee.

(12) The licensing authority shall determine the procedures of the Committee.”.