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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister of State may or may not be aware, the idea of a statutory register is older than he is. It started its life in a Law Reform Commission report recommending its creation in the 1970s. The proposition was strongly resisted by the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, and not only by its equivalent at the time but also by architects, engineers and chartered surveyors. It died...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The timeline for the statutory register is clear in the Bill but it does not address the question both Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and I are raising as to why a parallel skills register would not enhance what is being proposed in the Bill and would not be good for the industry overall. The idea of a skills register is that it makes clear what the skills requirements are, and the register will be...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps if, at a later stage, the Minister of State is in a position to share a note with the committee on that work, that would be very helpful for us.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following: “(4) The Minister shall appoint the National Building Control Office as the registration body under subsection(2):” These amendments probably relate to one of the most significant aspects of this Bill and probably one of the most significant disagreements between some of us in the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I like that word "envisaged". If the Deputy had said "decided", it would have been more accurate because we know it has been decided but I will not quibble over that word. The problem is this register will be located in the same building as the Construction Industry Federation. It will be staffed in the main by staff from the CIF. If people have to make telephone calls to the registration...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification on section 9(1). In order that I am clear, from a purely legal point of view, "person" does not just mean an individual person. It can be a corporate entity or body. Is that what it will be? It will be a consultancy of some kind.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that basis, I am happy to withdraw amendment No. 6. In terms of the other three amendments, what is the Minister of State suggesting he may return with?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: What the Minister of State is saying is that at least at this stage, he is willing to discuss the possibility of his own amendments to address that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that basis, I am more than happy to withdraw all of these amendments but I reserve the right to return to the latter three on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was a bit perplexed when I read section 18. In addition to responding to the amendments, I will ask the Minister of State to clarify some aspects of that section for my benefit, if not for the benefit of anybody else. It states: "The registration body may arrange with any person to assist it, the Board or a committee of the Board, in the proper discharge of its functions." Obviously, the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is helpful. So that we are clear on the procedural rules, perhaps it would be helpful if the Minister of State gave a practical example. The example he gave in respect of section 18(1) was clear - the board may require certain kinds of professional supports - but what types of procedural rules are we discussing? I presume the officials have a specific understanding.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Give us an example so that we are clear.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that basis, I am happy to withdraw the first of my amendments, but I will revert to the second in a moment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 9: In page 17, line 16, after “may” to insert “following consultation with the Minister and the Oireachtas”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 12: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(10) The registration body shall seek the views of the relevant Oireachtas Committee on its annual report in person or in writing as requested by that Committee.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 13: In page 18, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(f) establishment of a statutory skills register;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 14: In page 18, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(f) accessing the National Training Fund for upskilling construction sector workforce;”. This is one of the amendments that we do not expect the Minister of State will accept but it gives us an opportunity to raise an important issue that is relevant to the Bill. If the Minister of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sorry; I did not realise they were grouped. I will speak to amendment No. 15 very briefly. Amendment No. 15 is for me a really significant omission from the Bill. The absence in the code of practice of adherence to the requirements of the building regulations seems to be an omission. I know that the drafters of the Bill are keeping a clear distinction between building control...