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GAZETTE
APRIL 1986
Dail Debates
National House Building Guarantee Scheme.
23.
Mr. Allen
asked the Minister for the Environment
if his Department will review the National House Building
Guarantee Scheme in light of the serious financial conse-
quences for house purchasers of unfinished estates, insol-
vencies and builders going into liquidation.
Minister for the Environment (Mr. Kavanagh):
The
National House Building Guarantee Scheme is operated
by a company established under the aegis of the Construction
Industry Federation and provides a structural guarantee
of new houses registered under the scheme.
A
review of
the scheme is primarily a matter for the guarantee company
itself and I have no direct function in the matter. My
Department have, however, persued the question of
deposit cover with the company on a number of occasions
and have again recently asked the company to further
examine the question. I understand that the company is
considering the matter in the context of a general review
of its rules and I hope to be informed shortly of the
outcome. It is a matter for each planning authority to
take appropriate action to deal with the problem of
unfinished estates. •
The External Examiners review a cross section of all
scripts and all scripts of those candidates whose marks
are on the borderline of Pass and Failure and are the final
arbiters of the marks to be awarded to such candidates.
The Internal Examiners present written reports on the
examination and all Examiners are invited to meet with
the Education Committee immediately prior to the con-
sideration of the results.
371 candidates sat the examination in 1985. 159 of them
were declared to have passed the examination. 82 of the
candidates passed all the subjects which they sat (law
graduates are exempt from Criminal Law which is not
one of the five competitive subjects). 77 candidates were
allowed compensation from other subjects.
224 were graduates in law, of whom 114 (51%) passed.
123 candidates were graduates in disciplines other than
law, of which 42 (34%) passed. Other candidates totalled
24, of whom 3 (12.5%) passed.
The following compensation rules were applied on this
occasion:
1. No candidate who failed to reach the pass mark in
three subjects - and also, where applicable, in criminal
Law - was allowed to compensate.
2. No candidate who achieved less than 40 marks in any
subject was allowed to compensate. •
EDUCATION NOTE
Final Examination - First Part 1985:
A Report
The Society held its Final Examination - First Part (the
"En t r y" Examination) in November 1985. The provi-
sional results were announced by the Education Commit-
tee on January 9th 1986.
The Society's examiners for the Final Examination -
First Part were:
Subject
Internal Examiner
Tort
Mr. Patrick McGovern, Solicitor
Contract
Mr. William Johnston, Solicitor
Property
Ms. Mary B. P. O'Mahoney,
Solicitor
Constitutional
Law
Mr. Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor
Company Law
Mr Gerard Meehan, Solicitor
Criminal Law
Mr. Brendan Garvan, Solicitor
Subject
External Examiner
Tort
Professor Bryan M. McMahon
(UCC)
Contract
Dr. Henry Ellis (NIHE Limerick)
Property
Professor J. C. Brady (UCD)
Constitutional
Law
Mr. Patrick Horgan (UCC)
Company Law
Mr. Patrick Ussher (DU)
Criminal Law
Professor Kevin Boyle (UCG)
The Examination papers are set by the Internal Exam-
iners, subject to the approval of the External Examiners.
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