Ms Sarah Neary:

Under the national regulations, SI 225, the local building control authority has been set up as the market surveillance authority. It has a range of powers. It can do spot-checks or react where there is a suspicion that the product is not meeting the performance declared for it, and there is a process for giving the economic operator an opportunity to correct the matter. If he or she does not do that it is escalated to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government who can restrict, recall or ban the product or relabel it for other use, etc. There are also penalties and fines.