Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 43:

In page 26, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:

“(5) The Minister shall, following consultation with—

(a) the licensing authority,

(b) the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment,

(c) the Health and Safety Authority,

(d) the Construction Industry Registration Body,

(e) such representatives of the construction sector as the Minister considers appropriate, and

(f) such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate, prescribe the requirements, including requirements as to the form and content, of the new entrant programme, including any training, courses or examinations to be undertaken for the purposes of that programme.

(6) The requirements prescribed under subsection (5)shall include a requirement to provide instruction in construction-related health and safety knowledge and for the practical demonstration, through examinations or otherwise, of that knowledge by persons participating in a new entrant programme.”.