Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 7, line 24, after "publish" to insert "or endorse".

The purpose of my amendments in this group is to improve and refine the proposal to establish a system of examining and monitoring the works carried out by electrical contractors. While small and technical in nature, the amendments are also important.

The purpose of amendment No. 22 is to amend the existing provision under which the Commission for Energy Regulation will publish criteria on standards for designated electrical works by adding a further provision that, instead of publishing new criteria on standards, the commission may endorse criteria already established by industry membership bodies.

The purpose of amendment No. 24 is to provide that the commission may fine electrical contractors rather than having to use the sole sanction of revoking a contractor's membership of a designated body. Occasions may arise when a fine rather than an expulsion is a more appropriate course of action.

Amendment No. 26 provides that an appeal arising from a commission decision to impose sanctions on a particular contractor must be submitted within 14 days as opposed to 28 days. Amendments Nos. 30 and 32 are technical in nature and provide that in section 9D(10), the legislation should refer back to the criteria published by the commission under subsection (5). These are not major amendments but they will improve the legislation.

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