Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The work is ongoing and no final decision has been made as to whether a regulator is required. We are clear that the procedures put in place by the 2014 Act will certainly ensure this will not be an issue in future. We are confident of this and we must ensure we can continuously enforce the procedures through local authorities as the lead building control authorities.

The first interim review was in June and the work is ongoing. It is something on which we will engage directly with each local authority and the management companies. We are very clear where the responsibility lies. It is with the individual owners, management companies and people who built these properties. It is an area of ongoing work and I am conscious that the committee has done much work on this as well that feeds into some of the work we are doing through legislation. It will be an ongoing conversation as we work through this.

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