Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2012
428 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 24 January 2012, if, under the Building Regulations 1997 to 2011, one front entrance and no back entrance to a house is considered adequate provision, as specified in part M/TGD M. [7811/12]
View answerPart M of the Building Regulations, and the accompanying Technical Guidance Document M (TGD M), aim to ensure that, among other things, new dwellings are visitable regardless of age, size or disability. Section 3 of TGD M 2010 outlines how current minimum requirements in respect of access and use may be achieved in practice by a new dwelling. A new dwelling having only one entrance which has been constructed in accordance with Section 3.2 of TGD M 2010 and which has an approach route constructed in accordance with Section 3.1 of TGD M 2010, would be considered as having made adequate provision. Accessibility requirements apply to the main entrance to the dwelling and there is nothing in the Building Regulations to require any additional accessible entrance to be provided.
