Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide guarantees on the statutory register of builders in order that more than one register of builders is permitted, to avert monopolies, secure the public and industries' best interests and encourage choice, similar to what he has already agreed in recognising more than one register of architectural technologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16957/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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The Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) has been established by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) as a register of builders and contractors. Participation in the register is voluntary at present. I understand that over 600 building and contracting entities are currently included on the register and that a further 900 are at various stages of the registration process. Under its Construction 2020strategy, the Government has signalled its commitment to placing the register on a statutory footing in 2015. This is seen as an essential consumer protection measure giving consumers who engage a registered builder the assurance that they are dealing with a competent and compliant operator. Legislative proposals in this regard are currently being prepared by my Department with a view to their being presented to Government for consideration in the near future.