Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The concern in terms of this amendment relates to the original discussion we had about the independence of the body. If I understand this section of the Bill, it means that the people who carry out the inspections will be people who were previously employed by the Construction Industry Federation. Therefore, they will be seconded to the register for the purposes of doing this work. How then can we ensure their independence, even if there is a statutory legal requirement? Would it not be better if those staff were independent completely, as in employed for that purpose by the registration authority rather than, if I understand the section properly, shifted as staff members of CIF to being staff members of the registration board?

I may have misunderstood this section, but that is my reading of it.

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