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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the early childcare supplement to €2,000. [8168/07]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Exchequer of providing 50,000 additional childcare places. [8169/07]

Pension Provisions. (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the basic State pension to €300 per week. [8164/07]

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 54: In page 23, after line 49, to insert the following: "(5) In this section, "specified", means fees which have been specified by the registration body with the agreement of the Minister.". This was proposed to me by people who are not members of the institute and is really a safeguard by which the registration body would be able to set fees that would be subject to the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 55: In page 24, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(2) This section does not prevent a body corporate or partnership from carrying on business under a name, style or title containing the word "architect" provided that at least one of the directors or partners as the case may be is registered under this Part.". Under this proposal, a multidisciplinary...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The amendment is covered in section 2 so I will withdraw amendments Nos. 55, 57 and 59.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 59: In page 25, line 23, after "cause" to insert "a copy of". This is a practical proposal. As the legislation is currently proposed, the original certificate needs to be displayed. We are suggesting that since the certificate is a fairly valuable document in its own right and is one's licence to practise, a copy could be publicly displayed and the original certificate...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 62: In page 27, line 36, after "The", to insert the following: "method of assessment used by the Technical Assessment Board shall be in line with and consistent with that applied to the category of persons referred to in section12(2)(d) and the". This amendment was suggested to achieve consistency, which I think we have probably done at this stage. There have already...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 63: In page 27, to delete lines 44 to 46 and substitute the following: "(c) whether or not the applicant can demonstrate that he or she has acquired the competencies specified in Article 46 of the Directive, and in so assessing under the grandfather clause, due regard shall be taken of the skills acquired by experience and practical means, as demonstrated by the work...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I will withdraw it.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: We will have a few such amendments now because they are connected to earlier debates.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 64: In page 28, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(9) The Technical Assessment Board shall endeavour to ensure that all applications received by the Technical Assessment Board shall be adjudicated upon in the manner specified in column 2 and within the timeframe specified in column 3 of the Schedule.". The amendment relates to not having an open-ended...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand the reason the Minister of State has responded in this manner. However, this is the only intervention instrument available to us. The Minister of State indicated that when the boards are established and powers are conferred on them he will make a public and formal request that one of the things they will have to do is precisely what he just said. In effect, the times set out...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It is later on.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 69: In page 29, lines 6 and 7, to delete "a solicitor, a barrister" and substitute "a practising solicitor, a practising barrister". We are fine-tuning the Bill. A series of amendments follow from this proposed amendment. Someone who is earning his or her livelihood as a solicitor or barrister can participate in this, but the tendency may be to have retired people...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 70: In page 29, line 16, after "against" to insert the following: "or such longer period as may be allowed by the Appeals Board".

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister and his staff. This has been a particularly difficult Bill because goalposts were changed in other places. I appreciate that a great deal of hard work has been done and I thank the Minister of State for accepting amendments in my name.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: This Bill imposes an additional administrative burden on local authorities as we are moving back from self-regulation to a point where we ask local authorities to require provision of and sign off on a certificate indicating that a building is compliant in respect of regulations. It may be argued that this is a case of belt and braces but this is a reasonable amendment in terms of the issues...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I am aware of the conclusions of the working party to which the Minister of State refers. Given the balance of obligations and rights, the application of resources and the need to operate society efficiently, self-regulation has many attractions. It will only work, however, if it is accompanied by sanctions, as is the case with self-regulation in the taxation system. Prior to the reform of...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I support the amendment.