Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a register to be known in the Irish language as Clár Tionscail Foirgníochta na hÉireann and in the English language as the Construction Industry Register Ireland; to provide for appointment, by order of the Government, of a body to be the registration body to regulate providers of building works; to provide for determination by the registration body of standards and competence required of providers of building works; to cause any complaints against those providers to be investigated and adjudicated upon; to establish an appeals committee to hear and determine appeals against certain decisions of the registration body; to appoint the registration body to be the competent authority for the purposes of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017); to amend the Building Control Act 2007; to amend the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 by providing for certain rental income of a person who is receiving care services or his or her partner under a tenancy of the principal residence of that person to be assessed at a lower rate than other income of that person; to enable the rate at which such rental income is to be assessed to be reduced or to enable such rental income to be disregarded; to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 by providing for an increase of the notice period for termination of certain tenancies, to require landlords to serve a copy of any notice of termination on the Board, and to enable the Board to assist in providing contact details of tenants to landlords for the purpose of facilitating a reletting offer; to amend the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 by providing for an increase of the period permitted for an application for registration as an approved housing body; to amend

Last updated: 5 Jul 2022

Sponsored by: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Source: Government

Originating House: Dáil Éireann