Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I believe we have had this conversation during the programme for Government. To my mind, over the past decade there has been a real and noticeable relaxation of building regulations. I have particular concerns, as Mr. O'Connor well knows, about the recent decisions on fire prevention in build-to-rent schemes, for example.

We take a risk-based approach to certification in the construction industry, which is valid in its own right, I suppose. It is, however, a model of certification which is based on the UK system, SIBC certification and all those kinds of things. It relies a lot on information from private providers. I assume the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has been following the Grenfell reports and that a manufacturer there has actively misled a building control body. I am not suggesting that is what happened with pyrite, but will Mr O'Connor outline the recourse of the Department in those situations?