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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: I move amendment No. 27: In page 23, to delete lines 24 to 28 and substitute the following: “(12) All appeals shall be considered in public.”. The Minister of State is setting a very high expectation in respect of his performance on Report Stage. I want to note that. I do hope that he does not disappoint us terribly. Will there be a leadership contest between now and...

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 amendment relates to section 24(12). It may be that I do not understand the intention. I hope that the Minister of State can clarify the position. Section 24(12) refers to an appeal being considered in public unless the chairperson of the appeals committee, a division of the committee or whatever "determines that, due to the existence of special circumstances, the appeal (or part 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 would be much more comfortable with that if special circumstances were prescribed somewhere. Some of what the Minister of State said could sound eminently reasonable. Unless the circumstances are prescribed somewhere else and not here, however, I think that it gives too wide a latitude. Is there an intention to prescribe this by way of regulations? Is it somewhere else in the Bill 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: You could write a philosophy PhD dissertation on the meaning of good reason or, indeed, on special circumstances. Does the Minister of State not think that there should be some way of providing a framework or guide to the board in making those decisions. It seems to be too broad. The Minister of State and I can have a nice conversation here about what we interpret it as being. He is...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: Between now and Report Stage, would the Minister of State be willing to discuss with his officials the proposition that were such special circumstances to be invoked, at least some information on the grounds of those circumstances would be made public in the absence of a public hearing? I am not saying the board would provide the information which is, in itself, confidential but at least 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: On that basis, I am happy to withdraw the amendment but reserve the right to reintroduce it 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 move amendment No. 28: In page 27, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(g) construction products regulations;”. One of the weaknesses in our building control regime is that, for the most part, we think of building control in terms of some level of regulation, monitoring or enforcement of the process of building itself. Obviously, a lot of what 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: Excellent. I must say the more time the Minister of State spends with me and Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, the more he agrees with us. I would like to commend-----

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

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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: The best way for the Government to deal with this is to accept one of the recommendations of the Safe As Houses? report, which is for latent defects insurance to be mandatory. When we raised this at our sessions with the Construction Industry Federation it said that there was no need to make such insurance mandatory because developers are all using it anyway but that is not the case. There...

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 issue of retrospectivity often comes up. In the Minister of State's deliberations on the matter between now and Report Stage there are two issues to consider. In planning law, planning authorities can take into account certain forms of past behaviour, whether it is a failure to comply with terms of planning permissions or a failure to complete planning conditions. It does not apply to...

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. 33: In page 37, line 24, to delete "90 days" and substitute "20 days". Sections 35 and 37 deal with the decisions on an application for registration and a renewal of registration. Both sections specify "within a period of 90 days", beginning on the date of receipt of a fully completed application. Ninety days is a long time. What is the rationale for it? I...

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

Eoin Ó Broin: It is 90 days.

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 reflection, 20 days is probably too short, particularly where all of the document is received too close to a board meeting and there is not a further board meeting for a month or so. I still think 90 days is too long. If we could find an appropriate timeframe that would be helpful. On that basis, I am happy to withdraw the amendment.

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. 35: In page 42, line 33, after “Board” to insert “, in partnership with SOLAS and the National Training Fund,” This is a fairly simple amendment. Section 39 deals with continuing professional development. It states, "The Board shall establish and maintain a system of continuing professional development of providers of building works". It...

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. 36: In page 45, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(i) failure to comply with building control regulations.”. Section 44 deals with complaints and this specific provision details the grounds upon which complaints can be made by complainants. I understand the intention of the Bill, and the complaints section deals with complaints with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (1 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of names of relevant bodies under the Climate Act 2021. [11355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (1 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to invite councils to prepare Local Authority Climate Action Plans under Section 15 of the Climate Act 2021; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation (1 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the category of Public Service Obligation customers for public lighting that is charged a PSO levy broken down by domestic, small commercial or medium, and high commercial category. [11359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Jurisdiction (1 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he and his Department were each first notified of the proposed military exercises by the Russian Federation which were originally proposed to be conducted in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone; the checks that his Department is required to perform to ensure all necessary permits, licenses, consents or permissions have been...