Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)

11:30 am

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Second, my Department received a fire safety report from the Office of the Attorney General in May which I want to publish as quickly as I can but there are a couple of issues around it on which I need to consult with the Attorney General before I can do so. Third, what we want to do in terms of building control management inspections is move to a risk based regime so that as the data are input inspectors can immediately identify the building materials used in units, the number of units in a development and so on and quickly identify issues that are an immediate cause for concern. They can then make an intervention in terms of an inspection based on the highest risk. That is how to proceed in terms of resources.

We also need to do work on the resources issue.