Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

It gives me great pleasure to address this House on the occasion of the Second Reading of the Building Control Bill 2005.

I regard this Bill as a major consumer protection measure. It is undeniable that building or buying a house is the biggest single investment made by most citizens. It is also true that the standard of investment in the built environment will shape the quality of life for many generations to come. Safeguarding building standards is therefore a core objective for us all. The Building Control Bill 2005 will be seen in years to come as one of the most progressive pieces of consumer law to be brought forward in recent decades.

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