Batt O'Keeffe (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 52:

In page 23, to delete lines 6 to 10 and substitute the following:

"(ii) without prejudice to subsection (8), the applicant should obtain a knowledge of language necessary for practising architecture in the State,".

These are primary drafting changes to ensure compliance with EU Directive 2005/36/EC on mutual recognition. They are related to persons from abroad applying to register as architects in Ireland. Amendments Nos. 52, 79 and 101 are technical amendments dealing with having a knowledge of language necessary to practise architecture in the State.

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