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Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 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...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 14: In page 20, to delete lines 18 to 23 and substitute the following: "(3) The chairperson of the Board shall be appointed through the Public Appointments Service and shall have knowledge and experience of construction, building control, building standards, planning and related legislation; and other areas that the Minister may specify by way of regulations.". ...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In his discussions with officials I ask that the Minister of State to go two steps further. The first is that in addition to some of the new nominating bodies he has mentioned, we seek to also have the following included: National Building Control Office - it makes no sense for that office not to be on the board; the Construction Defects Alliance; the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland;...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 15: In page 20, line 24, to delete “ordinary” and substitute “ten”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 16: In page 20, line 24, to delete “by the Minister” and substitute “through the Public Appointments Service,”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 17: In page 20, lines 24 to 35, to delete all words from and including “as follows” in line 24 down to and including line 35, and in page 21, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “with one member selected from the nominations of each the following bodies: (a) the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; (b) the...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 20: In page 22, to delete lines 6 to 12 and substitute the following: “(3) The chairperson of the appeals committee shall be appointed through the Public Appointments Service and shall have knowledge and experience of construction, building control, building standards, planning and related legislation; and other areas that the Minister may specify by way of...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 21: In page 22, to delete line 23 and substitute the following: “(7) The ordinary members of the appeals committee shall be appointed through the Public Appointments Service.”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 23: In page 23, to delete lines 24 to 28 and substitute the following: “(12) All appeals shall be considered in public.”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 27: In page 37, line 27, to delete “90 days” and substitute “20 days”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 28: In page 40, line 38, to delete “90 days” and substitute “20 days”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 29: In page 42, line 36, after “Board” to insert “, in partnership with SOLAS and the National Training Fund,”.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 30: In page 45, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(i) failure to comply with building control regulations.”. This is among the most important set of amendments that my colleagues and I have tabled. We are creating a register, which is a good thing. That register is a register of competence. There will be a set of criteria against...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (23 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The developer of Priory Hall has never been convicted, but we all know that he was responsible for one of the worst examples of building control breaches, so much so that the gross cost to the State is €70 million and the net cost to the State for that one development alone is €20 million. However, on the basis of what the Minister of State said, that individual can return to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for each subhead of the Revised Estimates for 2022. [14218/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for each subhead of the revised estimates for 2021. [14219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown for the budget allocations for the subheads B4 and B11 of the Supplementary Estimate for 2022. [14220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a comprehensive statement on the European Commission enforcement case (2012) 4028 regarding Ireland's alleged failure to transpose and apply the access to justice provisions of Directives 2010/75/EU and 2011/92/EU including a summary of the grounds of the complaint and the Government's response to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the carryover of €57.9 million from 2021; the details of the programmes from which it came in tabular form; the details of the programmes it was proposed to be allocated prior to approval of the supplementary estimate in tabular form; and the details of the way it is now proposed to be allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the carryover of €37.75 million from 2020; the details of the programmes from which it came in tabular form; the details of the way it was proposed to be allocated in 2021, in tabular form. [14640/22]