Mr. Feargal ? Coigligh:

The committee has heard from the NSAI about increasing standards and compliance. This country has been on a journey in terms of compliance with building regulations and great improvements have been made. Even the NBCMSO, which was put in place in 2020, has upped the game. The report that the office provided to the Minister on Thursday night contains further recommendations on training of the local market surveillance authorities, which, as members have seen from today's meeting, is a complex and technical area of work, and awareness in the industry. Much of the organised industry is aware of the need to ensure reputable products are used. There were also recommendations on continuous professional development, additional resources and so on. We in the Department need to consider these recommendations with the NBCMSO. We will speak to some of the issues that Deputy Ó Broin mentioned in terms of the level of departmental awareness. We have a monthly meeting with the NBCMSO to discuss progress across these fronts, what more needs to be done and where issues are arising. The report, which was published by the Minister this morning, points to further work that needs to be done in this space, but that work will be on top of the significant improvements that have been made.