Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I will work through the members' questions backwards. The Vice Chairman's concerns are dealt with by planning control. Professionals must be involved, including a signed certifier. Building control applies to the process and applicants must obtain a fire certificate and so forth afterwards. The process is exactly the same as the process that applies when a new house is being built. Building control and requirements will apply and the signed certifier must be part of the process. I hope I have put the Vice Chairman's mind at ease in that regard.

The only changes that may be made will be in the guidance document that we have been asked to produce in a working group. If changes to simplify the system are proposed, we will tease them out in the committee. These exemptions do not exempt people from standard building control regulations. I hope that is clear.