Mr. Seán Armstrong:

We are the climate action policy unit, but we are also the construction industry regulation unit. We are currently bringing through the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 so we are dealing with similar questions at another forum. A lot of these issues would have been raised there. There is an ongoing reform programme of building control. As the Deputy will be aware, we are bringing through the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022 at the moment. While the categories of registration have yet to be defined, it is intended that retrofit will be one of those categories. The Minister has committed to consideration being given to the establishment of a national building standards regulator.