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Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: As discussed, amendment No. 24 in the name of Senators Moynihan, Hoey, Sherlock and Wall cannot be moved.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 25, 33 and 36 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 26 to 30, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendment No. 34 has been ruled out of order as it is not relevant to the subject of the Bill.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 35 and 37 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 38 to 40, inclusive, 42 and 46 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 44 and 45 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 49 to 54, inclusive, and 61 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 55 to 60, inclusive, and 62 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 : Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

John McGahon: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

John McGahon: I want to follow up on a comment made by Deputy Richmond yesterday about the concept of a special Oireachtas committee on Irish unity. It is an excellent idea and one that the Government should strongly consider and implement, for a number of reasons. I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, which is a really excellent committee but its focus...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

John McGahon: This is a good debate to have. A number of months ago I stood up in this House and said we should have a debate and discussion about the use of nuclear energy and in my political outlook, having a debate on what could be perceived as contentious issues is the best way to resolve them. It is only when you challenge arguments, have debates and have opposing views against one another that you...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

John McGahon: That is a fair point. It is easy to come along and discuss an issue and it is great that we are doing this but it is different to then get up and champion that issue in front of a local community that may be completely against it. We have seen that with wind and solar energy and fair play to an individual if he or she is willing to stand up in the Seanad to say we need nuclear energy and...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

John McGahon: Yes. I tried to think of a witty response to that but I have failed on this occasion. More power to you and fair play if you are willing to make the right decision, as Senator Keogan mentioned, to say that this is the right thing for us to do. It may be a good idea or the right thing to do but it will not get us there any quicker than renewable energy will. If this was a magic bullet that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

John McGahon: This morning, I met with Liam Grimes and Derek Reilly from Nevo.ieto have a discussion about our electric vehicle industry, the charging network and some of the opportunities and challenges the industry faces over the next couple of years. There are two key points that I thought valuable and we should have a discussion about them at some stage in the future. One of them was a point I had...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

John McGahon: Today in Clanbrassil Street in Dundalk, I attended a wonderful event, the opening of Creative Spark's downtown hub. In a nutshell, this means that between 40 and 50 remote working spaces in the centre of Dundalk town will be open to people to come and use. I raise this issue because funding for the hub came from the Border enterprise development fund. One of the stipulations is that the...

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

John McGahon: My first experience of posters was in the 2004 local elections. I was 14 years of age. At that stage, my dad had been a councillor for 15 years. I was helping him to put up posters at 7 a.m. He fell off the ladder, broke a rib or two and, a week later, lost his seat to a former Member of this House, former Senator Mark Dearey from Dundalk. That was my first experience with posters. It...

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

John McGahon: It is the Senator's time to speak.

Seanad: Media Report on Governance in Local Authorities: Statements (12 May 2022)

John McGahon: The point I want to address is the concept of local government as we know it today. I spent five years on Louth County Council. The current format is fundamentally flawed. The reason is because the people who are supposed to hold the chief executive and director of services to account are technically the county councillors. They are the people who supposed to hold them to account to make...