Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

This Bill imposes an additional administrative burden on local authorities as we are moving back from self-regulation to a point where we ask local authorities to require provision of and sign off on a certificate indicating that a building is compliant in respect of regulations. It may be argued that this is a case of belt and braces but this is a reasonable amendment in terms of the issues we are addressing and I am curious to know whether the local authorities have expressed an opinion on this and its implications. My amendment is constructive, it is a public safeguard, it seeks an intervention by the administration on the public side, rather than self certification on the other side and I urge the Minister of State to consider it.

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