Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Richard Shakespeare:

Although levels of development have returned to what they were previously when that number of inspections might not necessarily have happened, the assigned certifiers and the liability that attaches give us greater confidence now. From our point of view, that type of inspection regime is about giving the occupants of the building confidence that it has been built to a standard. As to our number of visits, we risk assess depending on whether a building is for habitation, office work, etc.