Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to capital building projects currently underway under the remit of his Department, and the building programmes planned for 2014, if he will outline the impact the new Building Control Regulations 2013 which will come into effect on 1 March will have on the costs of each specific project; if he will list the projects underway; the extra costs that will be incurred on each due to increase professional fees due to the increased supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4373/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Any major building projects carried out in office premises used by the Department of Transport Tourism and Sport are planned, and managed (during construction) by the Office of Public Works.

Only one such project is at the initial planning phase at present. As the project is at a very early stage I am advised that it is not possible to quantify the  impact of the new Building Control Regulations on the cost of the project.