Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will refer to the new regulations brought in last October 2009 regarding fire regularisation certificates; if he will provide a progress report on same; if any certificates have been issued since October 2009; the local authorities that have issued same; if agreement has been reached with Dublin City Council on the operation of the system; the status of process involved in an application; if it is the equivalent of a planning application, must one get a decision by a due date; if approval is granted if no formal response is received; if approval has now been granted for an application (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [22552/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009 which provide, inter alia, for a Regularisation Certificate, is the responsibility of the 37 local Building Control Authorities. While information is not currently available on the number of Regularisation Certificates issued since the operative date of 1 October 2009, authorities will be requested to include this information in all building control statistical returns forwarded to my Department for the period January – June 2010 and thereafter. My Department is currently in consultation with the Consultative Committee of the National Directorate on Emergency Planning and Management to assist Building Control Authorities in practical implementation of certain aspects of the Regulations, including Regularisation Certificates.

There is a statutory period of two months, or such extended period as may be agreed between the applicant and the Building Control Authority, within which the Authority is required to make a decision on an application for a Regularisation Certificate, beginning on the date of application for the Certificate. A Certificate may be granted, with or without conditions, or refused by the Building Control Authority. The making of a decision on the application referred to in the Question is a matter for Dublin City Council. My Department understands from the Council that the application is in the final stages of consideration and the Council expects to make a decision on it very shortly.