Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason registered quantity surveyors are still being required to provide qualifications beyond that intended by the Building Control Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14007/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Building Control Act 2007 provides for the registration of quantity surveyors. Part 4 of the Act establishes the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) as the registration body for quantity surveyors. Assessment for registration is the responsibility of the SCSI and is a matter for that body.

Section 29(2)(a) of the Building Control Act 2007 sets out the qualifications required for admission to the register and empowers the Minister to prescribe further educational bodies and degrees, diplomas or qualifications that will allow admission to the register.

The SCSI, as the designated registration body for Surveyors under the Act, has put in place an accreditation process whereby educational bodies may seek to have courses prescribed for the purposes of the Building Control Act 2007.

Sections 29 (4) and (5) of the Act require the Minister to consult with Quality Qualifications Ireland (formerly the National Qualification Authority of Ireland) for the purposes of satisfying himself or herself that the course provided by the body leading to the qualification provides the requisite instruction in the various elements of the discipline of quantity surveying.

This process as set out in the Building Control Act is followed for the prescription of all qualifications to allow entry to the register.

Section 39 of the Act provides that a person adversely affected by a decision of the Admissions Board or Technical Assessment Board may appeal to the Appeals Board.