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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 14, line 7, to delete “or 6”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(j) monitor and enforce compliance with this Act,”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 20: In page 16, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Advances to licensing authority 16.In each financial year, the Minister may advance to the licensing authority out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such sums as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, may...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: Amendment No. 21 seeks to remove subsection 2 from this section, which currently provides for: "fees to be fixed at a level calculated to produce a sufficient annual amount" in order to allow the licensing authority to carry out any necessary functions. This amendment is linked to the amendment to introduce a new section to the Bill titled, "Grants to licensing authority". This amendment...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 21: In page 16, to delete lines 25 to 30.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 22: In page 16, line 36, to delete “or approval”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 23: In page 17, lines 34 and 35, to delete all words from and including “(1) Subject” in line 34 down to and including line 35 and substitute the following: “(1) (a) Subject to subsection (2), the licensing authority shall prepare and adopt a code of practice for the purpose of providing practical guidance to relevant persons in relation to the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: We are discussing amendment No. 23. The Deputy is referring to amendment No. 33.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: It is no problem. We will address that amendment for the Deputy when we get to it.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 24: In page 17, to delete line 38, and in page 18, to delete lines 1 to 9.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 25: In page 18, to delete lines 32 to 37, and in page 19, to delete lines 1 to 14 and substitute the following: “(7) For the purposes of subsection (8), a code of practice, including any amendments thereto, adopted and published in accordance with this section shall be admissible in evidence in proceedings under this Act in respect of an alleged contravention...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 26: In page 20, line 12, to delete “as soon as practicable” and substitute “not later than 30 days”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 27: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “PART 3 MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ACTIVITIESEstablishment of Medical Review Committee for Scheduled Construction Sector Activities 20.(1) The licensing authority shall, not later than 6 months after the coming into operation of this section, establish a committee...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 28: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Membership of Committee 21.(1) The Committee shall consist of not less than 5 members to be appointed by the licensing authority and of whom— (a) at least one is a representative of the licensing authority, (b) at least one is a person who, in the opinion of the licensing authority,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 29: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Functions of Committee 22.(1) The Committee shall have the following functions: (a) to evaluate, and keep under review, the need, if any, for medical certification for the purposes of the carrying out by a person of a scheduled activity; (b) to provide the licensing authority with a report in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 30: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Reports to licensing authority 23.(1) The Committee shall— (a) not later than 30 April in the year next following the first complete calendar year after the date on which the Committee is established under section 20, prepare and submit to the Minister a report in writing (in this...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 31: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Laying of reports referred to in sections 22and 23before Houses of Oireachtas and publication 24.Where the Minister receives a report referred to in section 22(1)(b)or 23,he or she shall, as soon as practicable, thereafter— (a) cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 32: In page 20, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “Dissolution of Committee 25.The licensing authority may, with the consent of the Minister, dissolve the Committee at any time.”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: I move amendment No. 33: In page 22, after line 31, to insert the following: “Recognition of third country qualifications, etc. 23.The licensing authority shall, for the purposes of applications under Part 5, recognise, as appropriate and in accordance with the processes and procedures specified under section 24, the experience and training of, and qualifications conferred on,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Niall Collins: It gives SOLAS the powers to look at the qualifications of the applicants and to inquire as to the awarding authorities and bodies which have awarded these qualifications or certifications to people who are now applying. It will be a job for SOLAS to vet them.