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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: I am.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: We are not doing so explicitly. The board must make its own determination on that issue, once it is clearly in compliance with the scope of the Bill.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: The basis on which the board would make such a determination is outlined in section 54.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: I will address amendments Nos. 44 and 45, which have been tabled by the Deputy. These amendments seek to allow the board to impose fines as a sanction. We must oppose these amendments as the board cannot impose fines on a registered person. The ability to impose fines is provided for in section 60 of the Bill, under offences and penalties. I must, therefore, oppose amendments Nos. 44 and 45.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: Essentially, it has to be prosecuted.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: Does the Deputy want to send that on to us?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: It can for summary offences but for serious offences it must prosecute and go before the courts. Under the law, obviously, the prosecution must take place before the fine can be imposed. It has to be prosecuted.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: The board can take the prosecution but the courts will decide after that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: A serious fine will have to go to the courts, obviously.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: A prosecution has to be taken in order to impose a fine in the first instance.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: Section-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: It is a class A fine.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: A summary conviction of a class A fine. On indictment, of a fine not exceeding €500,000.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: It does not provide for any fines.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: I hear the Deputy's case. It is the gravity, when compared to the Residential Tenancies Board, in the context of someone earning a livelihood and potentially, their reputation. There is a higher threshold to be looked at in going for a prosecution, as opposed to making a fine. It is a more significant issue. We can look more into this and I can commit to having another look at it with the...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: That is okay. If it is RGII, they are exempt, or anything that is already covered by the building control regulations.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: We will have a look at the submission if the committee would like to pass it on. I just want to make the point that they are exempt, notwithstanding what we are saying.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: I understand the point the Deputy is making, absolutely.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: For the third time.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)
Peter Burke: Absolutely. I understand that.