Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the membership of the Construction Industry Register Ireland, and to remove construction companies (details supplied) which have failed to deal with substantial breaches in planning regulations. [19215/15]

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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The Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) has been established by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) as a register of builders and contractors. Participation in the register is voluntary at present. Any concerns in relation to firms on the register should be raised directly with CIF/CIRI. I have no direct role in relation to this aspect of the matter.

The Government has signalled its commitment in the Construction 2020 Strategy to placing the Construction Industry Register Ireland on a statutory footing. Legislative proposals in this regard are currently being prepared by my Department with a view to their being presented to Government for consideration in the near future.

Responsibility for planning enforcement under the Planning and Development Act 2000 is a matter for individual local planning authorities and I am satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place to allow for failures to comply with planning requirements to be addressed in a reasonable and appropriate manner.