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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: It is no problem. We will address that amendment for the Deputy when we get to it.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 24: In page 17, to delete line 38, and in page 18, to delete lines 1 to 9.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 25: In page 18, to delete lines 32 to 37, and in page 19, to delete lines 1 to 14 and substitute the following: “(7) For the purposes of subsection (8), a code of practice, including any amendments thereto, adopted and published in accordance with this section shall be admissible in evidence in proceedings under this Act in respect of an alleged contravention...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 26: In page 20, line 12, to delete “as soon as practicable” and substitute “not later than 30 days”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 27: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “PART 3 MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ACTIVITIESEstablishment of Medical Review Committee for Scheduled Construction Sector Activities 20.(1) The licensing authority shall, not later than 6 months after the coming into operation of this section, establish a committee...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 28: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Membership of Committee 21.(1) The Committee shall consist of not less than 5 members to be appointed by the licensing authority and of whom— (a) at least one is a representative of the licensing authority, (b) at least one is a person who, in the opinion of the licensing authority,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 29: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Functions of Committee 22.(1) The Committee shall have the following functions: (a) to evaluate, and keep under review, the need, if any, for medical certification for the purposes of the carrying out by a person of a scheduled activity; (b) to provide the licensing authority with a report in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 30: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Reports to licensing authority 23.(1) The Committee shall— (a) not later than 30 April in the year next following the first complete calendar year after the date on which the Committee is established under section 20, prepare and submit to the Minister a report in writing (in this...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 31: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Laying of reports referred to in sections 22and 23before Houses of Oireachtas and publication 24.Where the Minister receives a report referred to in section 22(1)(b)or 23,he or she shall, as soon as practicable, thereafter— (a) cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 32: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Dissolution of Committee 25.The licensing authority may, with the consent of the Minister, dissolve the Committee at any time.”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 33: In page 22, after line 31, to insert the following: “Recognition of third country qualifications, etc. 23.The licensing authority shall, for the purposes of applications under Part 5, recognise, as appropriate and in accordance with the processes and procedures specified under section 24, the experience and training of, and qualifications conferred on,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: It gives SOLAS the powers to look at the qualifications of the applicants and to inquire as to the awarding authorities and bodies which have awarded these qualifications or certifications to people who are now applying. It will be a job for SOLAS to vet them.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: When the licensing authority is set up, part of the job of work of the licensing authority will be to set up those criteria. That will be done in consultation with SOLAS. The process will be publicly available on the website.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: Part of it will require SOLAS to have a system of mutual recognition also. When the licensing authority is set up, as part of its initial set-up phase it will have to have a proper system to scrutinise applications from abroad, particularly from outside the EU area. That will require SOLAS having a look at the people who have conferred the certification or the qualification to assess...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: It has zero impact.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 34: In page 22, after line 31, to insert the following: “Licensing authority to specify processes and procedures relating to foreign qualifications, etc. 24.The licensing authority shall specify on its website the processes and procedures in place for the recognition of training, experience and foreign qualifications of persons from other Member States or...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 35: In page 23, line 6, after "who" to insert ", in the course of carrying out construction work,".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 36: In page 23, line 20, after "activities" to insert "carried out in the course of carrying out construction work".

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 37: In page 24, to delete line 8.