Seanad debates
Wednesday, 9 April 2003
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
There are also difficulties with the inspection of contractors' work and situations where the owners of premises are not prepared to allow the regulatory organisations to carry out inspections. The Bill also addresses that. There is at present a ludicrous situation with different standards of safety applied for people in the home and in the workplace. The Bill addresses that issue too. Domestic customers currently have no statutory or regulatory protection against shoddy work, while those in the workplace have some protection from the Health and Safety Authority, as the Minister of State will know. There is therefore a need to equalise and regularise the regime.
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