Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed)
Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael)
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Could we red-circle an enforcement aspect somewhere in our discussion? With regard to local authority funding, there is no alignment in particular with staffing in relation to heritage, but there is a staffing element. I refer to an element of construction costs from a State perspective to make sure there is checking or oversight and that we do not repeat the mistakes made during the major building boom of the early noughties. There should be enforcement of building standards as buildings are being constructed. We should examine how construction is being overseen and how it should be overseen as part of a stand-alone point. I am sure this committee has produced reports on that in the past. Something along those lines needs to be addressed.