Building and apprenticeship legislation
Bernard Durkan asks when the building control and apprenticeship Bills will be brought forward. The Taoiseach expects the building control Bill in the second half of the year and says apprenticeship submissions are under review.
The building control Bill is important legislation which has been promised for some time. Is it likely to come before the House for Second Stage before the summer recess? Given the urgency of encouraging more apprenticeships, when will the apprenticeship Bill appear before the House also?
Comment on this
The building control Bill will be published in the second half of the year. On the apprenticeship Bill, the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Damien English, received all of the submissions at the end of March and these are being gone through. He will report on progress to the House.