Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide any information he has from local authorities or other sources regarding the degree of compliance with building regulations; the types of non-compliance that are occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14615/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for enforcement of the building regulations is a matter for the 37 local building control authorities. Half-yearly statistics on enforcement of the regulations, furnished by local building control authorities to my Department, do not give a breakdown of the specific levels of compliance with each of the 12 parts A to M of the regulations. However, the statistical returns for the period January to December 2004 show that 56 enforcement notices were served by building control authorities under the Building Control Act 1990 for non-compliance with the building regulations. In addition, 41 summary prosecutions were taken by the authorities.

The reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1080 of 12 April 2005 sets out information on a special survey undertaken on compliance with part M of the regulations concerning access for people with disabilities.