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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Minister of State to explain the rationale behind this section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I can see the advantage of it. My concern is probably around absolute privilege. What limitations does this impose? Does it have to be worded that way? I understand completely why there should be protection for people. I think that is right. I just have concerns around absolute privilege. Does it have to go that far?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am happy enough so I will not oppose the section.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 58, lines 31 and 32, to delete “not exceeding the fee specified under section 34(2)(g)”. This concerns what happens when someone is removed from the register and reapplies. This part of the Bill states that the board will set a fee that will not exceed the standard fees of registration. On face value, this seems fair enough. The issue...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree that sanctions should be elsewhere. This is about whether we effectively punish the compliant people by making them carry the cost of the non-compliant. In a way, there is a bit of a shadow cast because the board may attach conditions as it sees fit. This is what the section allows for. There is already the very fact that the person or entity has been removed from the register or...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 47: In page 59, lines 13 to 16, to delete all words from and including “(1) The” in line 13 down to and including line 16 and substitute the following: “(1) The registration body shall publish a decision confirmed or given by the High Court under section 52 or 53, or a conviction under section 60.”. Amendments Nos. 47 and 48 are...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for his response to those amendments and to the earlier two amendments. Regarding amendment No. 49, I was particularly struck by the three-year period. I accept that sanctions could be imposed for minor matters. A registered person could receive successive sanctions spanning a number of years which would end up not being published. If someone has received...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I appreciate that people who sign up to a voluntary register are more likely to be compliant. Our understanding is that with the current voluntary register, there have been no sanctions imposed of any sort, minor or otherwise. Is that the case?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is hard to create an equivalence.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 49: In page 59, to delete lines 17 to 21 and substitute the following: “(2) Where a registered person receives a minor sanction(s), the registration body shall publish the decisions of the Board or appeals committee imposing or upholding imposition of the minor sanction(s) on the registered person under section 49(2)(a)or section 50.”

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: We know that. Will the Minister of State also consider the points we made with respect to amendment No. 49?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am happy to withdraw the amendment on that basis.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 50: In page 59, line 26, to delete “12 months” and substitute “4 months”. I will withdraw the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 51: In page 65, line 33, to delete "serious". There is no need for people to stay in the room unless they want to. This relates to removal of members of the board or the appeals committee and the grounds for that. Why would it not be grounds for appeal where a board member or member of the appeals committee engaged in misconduct? Why does it have to be serious...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am happy with that explanation in respect of the definitions around it and that these are just standard terms.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [12960/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12959/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Oil Reserves Agency (9 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plans are in place to use the National Oil Reserve Agency reserve if prices continue to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian War (9 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to an aid match programme for Ukraine aid such as the one announced by the Canadian government and the Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13302/22]