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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Steven Matthews: ...and Heritage, by Ms Sarah Neary, principal adviser, Mr. John Wickham, senior adviser, and Mr. Eoin O'Dowd, adviser. From the building control division of Dublin City Council, we are joined by Mr. Pat Nestor, senior building surveyor, and Mr. Alan Isdell, senior executive building surveyor. From Dublin Fire Brigade, we are joined by Mr. Dennis Keeley, chief fire officer, and Ms Mary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Mr. Pat Nestor: I thank the Chair and committee members for the invitation to assist their consideration of the recent review of Part B of the building regulations. I am the senior building surveyor and head of building control in Dublin City Council. I am joined by my colleague, Alan Isdell, senior executive building surveyor and chartered surveyor. Dublin City Council welcomes the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Mr. Pat Nestor: Certainly, for two- or three-storey housing, timber frame and the use of timber materials is very common. I believe there are about 17 registered timber frame manufacturers in the country, so the capacity does have a limit. Timber frame is very widely used in two- and three-storey housing, which is the predominant type of housing countrywide. For apartment blocks, we see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Mr. Pat Nestor: A lot of the obstacles to the conversion of buildings are merely perceived, and the guidance on section 7, on existing buildings, in the new technical guidance document will be most useful for designers and owners of buildings who are looking to adapt their premises. A few years ago, "Bringing Back Homes", essentially a textbook for exactly that type of work, was published...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Mr. Pat Nestor: Yes. In Dublin City Council, we have adequate resources to carry out the function effectively of enforcing the requirements of the building control regulations. It is a policy of Dublin City Council to ensure the resources are in place. On the level of inspection of construction sites, over the past ten years, we have been inspecting consistently between 70% and 80% of...