Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of building inspections by local authority which took place in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [19257/17]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the Deputy's request, the matters referred to are matters for local authorities, who are independent in the use of their statutory powers under the Building Control Acts 1990-2014.

The Local Government Management Agency collected data on inspections carried out up to 2013 and published this information in the Service Indicators in Local Authorities 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 Local Authorities reports for 2014 & 2015 are available at . The 2016 report will be published once it is finalised and the 2017 report will be made available in due course.