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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: To encourage people to take part in programmes, they have to be supported financially. I have come across one in particular which involved an unpaid placement. That was a major disincentive for the individual concerned to carry on with the training. I will leave it at that and the witnesses might come back to me on it. We are also interested in hearing from the SEAI about safety, which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: Is Dr. Sharkey telling me that the SEAI checks on a regular basis with Safe Electric to ensure that all the people registered with it are currently registered with Safe Electric?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: SEAI only does a sample. Why does it not check all of them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: If somebody drops out in the meantime and is deregistered for whatever reason by Safe Electric and the SEAI only checks a sample, is it possible that it could miss out on people who may be deemed not suitable to do this work by Safe Electric?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: Is Mr. Meally saying that Safe Electric informs the SEAI if it deregisters somebody from its list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: The SEAI may anticipate that but my understanding is that this is not the case. I am quite worried about somebody who may be unsuitable doing certified electrical installations through Safe Electric. I will leave it at that but it is an issue I wanted to raise with the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: Perhaps he can talk to Safe Electric as well, because it is hugely important. There are companies on the register. I commend the SEAI on the form, which is very comprehensive and detailed, with 49 conditions and so on. The SEAI says that it checks insurance every year to make sure that cover is in place and I think the amount is more than €6 million. I am asking these questions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: That is good to hear and I thank Dr. Sharkey for that. I am sure our witnesses are familiar with the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. It provides a 40% grant on a solar PV investment. The Teagasc website indicates that young qualified farmers can get up to 60% in grant aid and that PV installers need to be on the SEAI register of installers or the Department of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: According to the TAMS application form, there is a list of contractors. It is almost a mirror image of the SEAI application in that there is a list of contractors and a list of installers. I just wanted to know if the SEAI was aware of this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: The bottom line here is that the person who does the work and signs off on it is an installer who is registered with the SEAI. That is hugely important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: The business owner has access to that list, can double check it and is advised to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: I will be brief. I will turn to the safety side of things, which I am interested in. The Teagasc website says PV installers need to be on the SEAI register of installers or on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine approved list if targeted agriculture modernisation schemes, TAMS, grants are to be issued. Does the SEAI have a formal arrangement with the Department of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: Yes, but the question is whether there is a formal arrangement between the SEAI and the Department? This is serious stuff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: Does the SEAI have any involvement in the TAMS grant approval process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: That is interesting. I wonder why the Department mentions the SEAI list then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: It seems to have its own register also, which-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: It seems to have two, in the same way as the SEAI - one for companies and one for installers. The one for installers is not accessible on its website. I cannot find it anyway. The SEAI's one is. I wonder whether it uses the SEAI's register and whether there a formal arrangement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: There is a difference between installing solar PV in domestic settings and houses with timber, tiles and slate, and installing it in industrial and agricultural buildings where there is steel, water, iron and other electricity conductors. Stray electricity can leak. Are there different specifications for domestic versus industrial and agricultural? I am familiar with technical...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: I have been told that some of these safety codes and specifications are not at the standard they should be and need to be upgraded. Does the SEAI have any plan to upgrade them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)
David Stanton: It is quite concerning, when we are dealing with electricity in particular, that some of the standards may not be where they should be. We are dealing with safety issues.