Written answers

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Building Regulations

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of self-builds and extensions that are exempt from the building control regulations, SI 9 of 2014, that were inspected by a local authority building inspector in 2015 and or in 2016 in each area. [40363/16]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the Deputy’s request, these are matters for local authorities, who are independent in the use of their statutory powers under the Building Control Acts 1990 - 2014. In relation to inspections, the Local Government Management Agency collected data on inspections carried out on buildings and published it in the Service Indicators in LocalAuthorities reports from 2005 to 2013. These reports are available at .

Following the commencement of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, the National Oversight & Audit Commission (NOAC) now collects and publishes this data. The Performance Indicators in LocalAuthorities reports for 2014 & 2015 are available at . The 2016 report will be published by NOAC during 2017 when complete data for 2016 becomes available.

It is important also to note the distinction between building works that are exempt from the requirements of S.I. No. 9 of 2014 and building works where the owner may voluntarily opt out of the system of statutory certification. S.I. No. 9 of 2014 applies to the design and construction of new dwellings, extensions of greater than 40 square metres and works where a fire certificate is required. The Building Control (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2015 provide a mechanism which permits the owner of a new single dwelling on a single unit development or an extension to a dwelling of greater than 40 square meters to make a declaration of intention to opt out of statutory certification.

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