Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

The new regulations will be put in place under section 17 of the new Bill. These include a number of important new groups in construction, particularly clients who commission building work, architects, engineers and designers. The Health and Safety Authority is engaged in exhaustive consultation with architects, engineers and designers who are concerned about their new legal responsibilities.

The purpose of the draft regulation is to prescribe the main requirements for the protection, safety, health and welfare of persons working on construction sites and to give further effect to the Council directive of 1992. The new directives will replace the existing ones. They will set out the minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites.

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