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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 85: In page 38, lines 32 and 33, 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: I move amendment No. 86: In page 39, line 24, to delete "and 7 ordinary" and substitute "and 11 ordinary".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 87: In page 39, line 26, to delete "3 quantity surveyors" and substitute "5 quantity surveyors".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 88: In page 39, line 30, to delete "4 persons" and substitute "6 persons".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 89: In page 39, line 31, to delete "3 of whom" and substitute "5 of whom".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 91: In page 40, line 20, to delete "within 2 months" and substitute "within 3 months". These amendments are necessary and consequential to sections 37 and 51 with regard to quantity surveyors and building surveyors subsequent to the Government amendment on Committee Stage to extend the period from two to three months for architects making an appeal to the appeal board...

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 93: In page 41, line 41, to delete "within 2 months" and substitute "within 3 months".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 95: In page 42, line 11, to delete "constitutes professional misconduct" and substitute the following: "constitutes professional misconduct or poor professional performance".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 96: In page 42, line 22, to delete "On hearing of such complaint" and substitute "On the hearing of such a complaint". This is a technical amendment as advised by the parliamentary counsel.

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 97: In page 43, to delete lines 17 to 21 and substitute the following: "who has received from it in any year prior to 2005 a degree of Bachelor of Science in Building Surveying or in 2005 or any subsequent year an Honours degree of Bachelor of Science in Building Surveying or such other degree, diploma or qualification as may be prescribed and who, in each case, has at...

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 98: In page 43, lines 39 and 40, to delete all words from and including "who" in line 39 down to and including "(B.Sc.)" in line 40 and substitute the following: "who on or after 1 January 2001 and prior to 2005 attained a degree of Bachelor of Science in Building Surveying or in 2005 or any subsequent year an Honours degree of Bachelor of Science in Building Surveying".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 99: In page 45, line 8, to delete "The Admissions Board" and substitute the following: "Subject to the provisions of the Directive, the Admissions Board".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 100: In page 45, to delete lines 25 to 29 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. 101: In page 45, to delete lines 41 to 45 and substitute the following: "(ii) without prejudice to subsection (8), the applicant should obtain a knowledge of language necessary for practising building surveying in the State,".

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 102: In page 46, to delete lines 3 to 7 and substitute the following: "(11) A person who is registered pursuant to this section shall— (a) use the professional title —"building surveyor", and (b) unless he or she is a member of a body referred to in Annex 1 of the Directive, not expressly represent or imply, by use of any words or letters, that he or she is a member...

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

Batt O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 103: In page 46, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: "(14) (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: I move amendment No. 104: In page 47, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(4) 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: On behalf of the Minister and myself, I thank those who co-operated with and participated in the debate. It is great to see a Bill that was initiated in 2005 being brought to fruition. I thank the staff of the Oireachtas for their hard work, and the Parliamentary Counsel and my own staff in the Department for their excellent work. I hope the Bill will pass all Stages in the Seanad soon.

Fire Stations. (6 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: I thank Deputy O'Shea for raising this matter. I am glad to place on record the Government's commitment to the fire services in terms of modernisation and financial investment. I also wish to express our appreciation for the significant contribution which the fire services continue to make each day in safeguarding our communities. As the Deputy will be aware, this commitment can be a...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Batt O'Keeffe: Approval in principle was granted in April 2005 for a new fire station in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. The council submitted design documents to my Department on 21 June 2006. Following an examination of these documents, my Department sought clarification on a number of issues including the submission of a revised cost plan. While the Council clarified some issues, a reply is still awaited...