Ms Orla Hegarty:

I make that 12 or 13 questions so I will try to answer them from my notes. If I have misunderstood any, the Chairman might clarify them for me as I go through them.

The first was from Deputy Casey on private self-certification versus local authority inspectors. I have a note here that that was in regard to their powers. Under the legislation local authority inspectors have many powers. They can go onto site, look for materials, take samples and look for documentation. Assigned certifiers do not have any of those powers so to go back to the Chairman's scenario of somebody looking to pour concrete, even if the assigned certifier says they are not happy with that, they cannot do anything about it other than to say that when the building is finished they will not sign a final certificate.