Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair and thank everyone again for giving us so much of their time. It is certainly very instructive for us. I wish to focus back in on inspection and enforcement. As I understand it, in our building control system for the building process, while the responsibiltiy for compliance certificates lies with the developer - and therefore is not unlike what Mr. McGrath has described about the manufacturer employing the geologist - we have a level of independent inspections by our local authorities.

When products are being certified by the NSAI, does it have the authority to independently inspect or lab test materials or is it wholly dependent on the lab tests that are provided by the manufactures? If it has the power to independently inspect, does it use it, how often does it use it and what does that reveal?