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Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 47: In page 21, to delete lines 45 to 50 and substitute the following: "(4) A person who is registered pursuant to subsection (1) (other than paragraph (f) thereof) or section 14 shall use the professional title —"architect".". Amendment No. 47 provides that an architect who is eligible under sections 13 or 14 as a national of an EU member state, the European Economic...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Deputy's point relates to the requirement that an applicant demonstrate seven years of postgraduate experience in the performance of duties commensurate with those of an architect such as would entitle a person to seek the granting of an exemption by the body under subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3), as appropriate, from having to undergo the examination referred to in clause (1).

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: The subsection we were discussing when Deputy O'Dowd asked his original questions relates to Irish nationals only.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 48: In page 22, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "(6) So much of the provisions of this section or section 14 as have effect in cases where— (a) the person concerned is a national of a Member State, (b) any act or thing is done or awarded or issued in, or by a competent authority of, a Member State, or (c) a matter is provided under the law of a Member...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 49: In page 22, line 20, to delete "The Admissions Board" and substitute the following: "Subject to the provisions of the Directive, the Admissions Board". Amendments Nos. 49, 77 and 99 set out drafting changes to ensure compliance with EU Directive 2005/36/EC on mutual recognition of professional qualifications. They relate to instances where persons from abroad apply...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: Section 14(4) enables the architects admissions board to set up an interview at which at least four members of the board would be present. As there will be only three architects on the board, at least one member of an interview board will have to be a non-architect. Amendment No. 50 would require at least two members of an interview board to be other than architects, which is a tying of the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 51: In page 22, to delete lines 37 to 41 and substitute the following: "(8)(a) The Admissions Board may require, in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive, that a person who makes an application under this section shall complete an adaptation period of up to 3 years or take an aptitude test. (b) For that purpose, the Admissions Board shall serve a notice on the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: 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...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 53: In page 23, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(13) (a) If it appears to the Admissions Board that a person who is registered in the register pursuant to this section— (i) has, in a case where subsection (8) applies, failed to complete successfully an adaptation period or take and pass an aptitude test, as the case may be, mentioned in that...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: This amendment provides for the transfer of responsibility for the approval of all registration fees from the Director of Consumer Affairs to the Minister. It applies to all fees proposed by the registration bodies which relate to the registration of professionals. In reconsideration, it was felt this was not a matter that fell within the remit of the Director of Consumer Affairs or the new...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: This amendment to section 16 would enable a partnership or body corporate to carry out business under a name including the word "architect", provided at least one of the partners or directors is registered under the Act. Subsection (3) already achieves much of what the amendment proposes to do. One of the main objectives of the registration of architects is to give greater protection to...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 56: In page 24, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: "(5) Paragraph (a) or (d) of subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who has— (a) applied for registration under this Part and in respect of whom the Admissions Board or the Technical Assessment Board, as the case may be, has not made a decision on that application (and the person has not withdrawn...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: Unfortunately, I cannot accept this amendment. Sections 13, 31 and 45 require that when a registrant receives a certificate of registration from the registrar, the certificate shall forthwith be displayed where the person practices architecture or surveying. It is only right that the original and authentic certificate should be displayed, as is the case with medical practitioners. Allowing...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 61: In page 26, line 43, to delete "on or after the passing of this Act" and substitute "on or after the commencement of this section".

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: That has already been discussed with No. 8.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: We are not accepting it.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: These amendments would set time limits, as set out in Column II of the Schedule for each phase of assessment of applications by the technical assessment board for architects and surveyors. I agree it would be best practice that all of the boards would operate in a timely manner and that decisions would not be unduly delayed. I believe the registration boards themselves should set out the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 65: In page 28, line 20, to delete "and 7 ordinary" and substitute "and 11 ordinary". These amendments provide for increasing the membership of the professional conduct committees for architects, quantity surveyors and building surveyors from seven members and a chairperson to 11 members and a chairperson. The increased membership will facilitate the committees creating...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: Plus a chairman.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: Section 21(3) outlines the chairperson of the committee shall be a solicitor, barrister or former judge of the Circuit Court, High Court or Supreme Court, who shall be appointed as chairperson by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The registration body will establish a professional conduct committee. It was originally envisaged the committee...