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- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Acting Chairman. As we have already pointed out, we are discussing the nursing home support scheme and the Residential Tenancies Act. We discovered from the most recent response of the Minister of State that we are also talking about the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 and changes being made thereto. We will not even get to discuss the amendments...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I was not.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure there were objections to this carry-on.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sure I am sure.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am deadly serious.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sometimes one cannot attend the Business Committee. I had a substitute there, by the way.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have not finished. I want the Minister of State to explain the changes to the Affordable Housing Act.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There you go. The Dáil has never discussed the amendments to the Affordable Housing Act.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to hear the Minister of State first.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I just find this extraordinary. The Minister of State is telling us he cannot answer the questions about these amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act that we have never debated in the Dáil and that are contained in building control legislation. The Minister of State who is taking the session does not know the answers. That is a joke of legislation. It absolutely makes a sham of...
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is sharp practice.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not blaming the Acting Chairman.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: But just for the record, if we try to introduce amendments to a Bill that are outside its scope, we are laughed out of the room. We are not even given explanations. They are just ruled out of order, full stop. We are told this has nothing to do with the Bill. Now we have a whole load of them that are outside the scope of the Bill.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He is speaking on the amendment.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He is speaking on the amendment.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: He is speaking to the amendment.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Whatever you do, do not go outside the scope of the amendment.
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the Government.