Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 49:

In page 27, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(6) 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—

(i) for the purposes ofsubsection (2)(e)(ii)and (iv), the requirements, including requirements as to the form and content, of—

(I) the final licence training programme, including any training, courses or examinations required to be undertaken for the purposes of that programme,and

(II) the final licence examination,and

(ii) for the purposes of subsection (2)(e)(iii), the manner in which monitored training is to be carried out and certified and the requirements to be satisfied by an applicant for the purposes of demonstrating his or her successful completion of certified monitored training.

(7) The requirements prescribed undersubsection (6)(i)shall include a requirement that the final licence examination shall consist of a written and practical test designed to provide evidence of an applicant’s theoretical and practical competency in respect of the scheduled activity to which the application concerned relates.”.