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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The first part of the response is fair enough but I have a different view of the latter part. I do not think people who are looking to buy a home at the moment are necessarily aware of these issues. I know the Minister of State is saying we need to create an awareness but if those looking to buy a home, particularly now, manage to get...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 30: In page 36, lines 16 and 17, to delete “, within the last 10 years or since the establishment of the register whichever is the shorter period,”. Amendments Nos. 30 to 32, inclusive, relate to the application for registration and the information that an applicant has to provide. I have two issues with the wording of the Bill as it stands. I am not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: On retrospectivity, the current wording in the Bill means that from day one of the establishment of the register, a person can apply and in regard to a conviction imposed a year beforehand, that person is not obliged to provide that information. Is the legal advice that this would not be acceptable in terms of retrospectivity?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate it is advice from the Attorney General's office but I cannot grasp how that would not be relevant information for a registration board to seek. I find that very difficult-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the Minister of State saying that he will look at it and may be able to-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that. Notwithstanding that advice, I have a very serious objection to this part of the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 36, lines 26 and 27, to delete ", within the last 10 years or since the establishment of the register whichever is the shorter period,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 36, lines 35 and 36, to delete ", within the last 10 years or since the establishment of the register whichever is the shorter period,".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I support what Deputy Ó Broin is proposing. This would be very effective and would have knock-on effects. This morning in the Dáil, we raised a different issue on exploitative practices that affect some renters with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Minister indicated that he would bring in measures whereby landlords engaged in such abhorrent behaviour...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will reconsider the request from a group (detail supplied) for the installation of a memorial as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13753/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13741/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is a very important part. This section is about individuals having the right to make a complaint against someone who is registered and for that complaint to be investigated. Just because breach of building regulations is one of the grounds for complaint, if it is minor, it does not necessarily mean that the person would be struck off the register. If there were serious breaches of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is a weakness in that as well in terms of the building control authorities. Many people have issues with developers and builders, building defects and alleged breaches of regulations, and depending on what area they are in, they do not necessarily get a proper follow through in terms of the building control authorities. That is an issue with it. I am aware of one instance with...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Even though there is the documentation to prove it, they would not be able to make a complaint.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister of State has.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am merely saying-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----there is something positive from my point of view in what the Minister of State is saying but it is still insufficient.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 40: In page 46, lines 15 and 16, to delete “the complainant may, at his or her discretion, make a fresh complaint in respect of the matter the subject of the first-mentioned complaint” and substitute “the Registrar shall refer the matter to the Board for investigation”. What I am seeking to do in this amendment is that where somebody makes...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 44: In page 53, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(d) fines,”. Amendment No. 45 is a technical amendment to fix the lettering if amendment No. 44 is agreed upon so I do not intend to say more than that on amendment No. 45. Amendment No. 44 adds to the list of major sanctions. On top of the potential options for removing the...