Finian McGrath
Question:837 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding access at a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin. [18325/12]
View answerWednesday, 18 April 2012
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The Building Regulations 1997 to 2011 provide for the safety and wellbeing of persons in and around buildings. The legal requirements are set out in twelve parts (classified as A to M) in the Second Schedule to the Regulations. Technical Guidance Documents are published to accompany each part in order to outline how the legal requirements can be achieved in practice.
Part M / TGD M deals with access and use and specifies adequate provision to be made for people to access and use a building, its facilities and environs.
Enforcement of the Regulations is a matter for the building control authority in whose functional area the building concerned is located, in this case Dublin City Council. Any concerns in relation to compliance of a particular building should in the first instance be brought to the attention of the local building control authority.