Mr. Paul Lemass:

The Minister has accepted the report and has tasked the national director for fire and emergency management to take forward the actions contained in it which are directly within his ambit, and to oversee the implementation of the other recommendations. A subcommittee has been set up to take that work forward. It is a charter for the future development of fire services and it will be led by the national directorate for fire and emergency management. It will involve a significant increase in resourcing for the directorate and we are in the process of putting additional resources in place for that purpose. It will also involve the implementation of the 63 recommendations and will not, therefore, only apply to multi-unit or multi-storey properties.

It was stated earlier that no regulatory change had been signalled and I wish to correct that. There will be significant regulatory change as part of the process including, but not limited to, the question of a person having control of a building, which is what Mr. Bluett referenced. Mr. Barry will talk about single dwellings and Ms Neary will talk about the provision of information.