Martin Conway (Fine Gael)

This legislation is very welcome. However, there is one thing I would like the Minister to take into consideration. He should consider the people who will end up having to carry out remedial works and the contractors employed to do such work, as there have been shady developers and builders operating over the years. The last thing we need now is people taking advantage of householders who find it necessary to carry out substantial remedial work. Some sort of register should be introduced. In County Clare, we had a register of people who were qualified to carry out percolation reports and did not accept planning applications unless the percolation report and proposals came from somebody on the list. Perhaps we should use a similar system to provide structure and ensure we have a panel of people who have been inspected and are qualified to carry out this work. We have seen what has happened with light and poor regulation over the years. This is a new venture to try to clean up public water and ensure we are compliant with the European directive. As such, it is important that the workers individuals must employ to carry out remedial works are competent, capable, efficient and cost efficient.