Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated percentage of construction industry professionals and tradespersons active in the market here that have signed up to the Construction Industry Register Ireland to date. [22230/17]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) was established by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) as a voluntary register of builders and contractors and I understand that, to date, approximately 800 building and contracting entities have registered.

The Government signalled its commitment in the Construction 2020 Strategy, and in the Action Plan for Jobs, to place the Construction Industry Register Ireland on a statutory footing. CIRI is viewed as an essential consumer protection measure that will give 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 finalised by my Department with a view to the General Scheme of a Bill being presented to Government for consideration shortly.