Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Building Regulations: Discussion

3:35 pm

Mr. Michael Layde:

That is at the heart of the new regulations we have been discussing this afternoon. There will be a much more robust system for dealing with certification from design stage to construction, including an inspection plan during the construction phase, and then final certification that the building has been built in accordance with the specification. The various professionals involved, including an overall signed certifier - that is the term that will be used - will be required to sign off at design, building and completion phases and will be legally responsible for that, which is not currently the case. That will represent a significant change when we introduce the new arrangements.

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