Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of new home completions as measured by the building control management system for each month since the inception of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/17]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The purpose of the Building Control Management System (BCMS) is to facilitate building control authorities, building owners, builders and construction professionals in discharging their separate responsibilities under the Building Control Act 1990. The system provides a common platform for clear and consistent administration of building control matters across the local authority sector.

The BCMS was not designed to report on housing completions. However, the BCMS does facilitate the receipt and lodgement of commencement notices, statutory certificates and compliance documentation in line with the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations. One such statutory certificate is the Certificates of Compliance on Completion, which confirms to the Building Control Authority that the building works, as constructed, are in compliance with the requirements of the Building Regulations. Certificates of Compliance on Completion are required for certain works that submitted a commencement notice on or after 1st March 2014. They are not required for one-off houses that have chosen to opt out of the statutory certification process since 1^stSeptember 2015. Certificates of Compliance on Completion may cover multiple buildings or works.

Building Control Authorities are required to keep certain information pertaining to building works that come under the Building Control Regulations 1997-2015 on a statutory register, including particulars in relation to Certificates of Compliance on Completion. BCMS is centrally hosted by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) on behalf of the 31 Local Authorities and has enabled this information to be hosted on a central nationwide register, readily available and updated quarterly at .