Seanad debates
Wednesday, 9 April 2003
Electricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
I thank Senator Kenneally, who said that this Bill will provide another layer of bureaucracy, for his comments. This legislation places the existing system on a statutory basis and compels electricians to register with RECI. Surely nobody can call RECI bureaucratic, as it performs its work in an efficient and non-bureaucratic manner, without red tape. I thank Senator Ryan for his contribution and I stress that I feel he is right. He spoke at length of his considerable professional experience of the lethal nature of electricity. As he said, the figures in that regard speak for themselves. I thank Senator MacSharry for his constructive comments. All Members on the Government side of the House were extremely complimentary at first, but they then sounded the death knell in the form of the word "but".
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