15 DFómh 2012, 15:56
Maintaining and enforcing regulations in the building sector will be the focus of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht when it meets with representatives of the Building Regulations Advisory Board tomorrow, Tuesday 16th October, 2012.
Vice Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Noel Coonan, TD said: “There have been a number of high profile failures in the housing sector which have put the State’s role in maintaining and enforcing building regulations in the spotlight. While the Building Regulations Advisory Board has no executive responsibilities, its role is to advise the Minister on matters relating to the building regulations. Our meeting will enable us to get an outline on the statutory framework for building control which is currently in place, while the Building Regulations Advisory Board will also update the committee on the necessary steps now being undertaken to strengthen the system including, in particular, mandatory certification and more meaningful oversight of construction activity by professionals and local authorities.”
This meeting will take place in Committee Room 4, Leinster House at 2.15pm tomorrow, Tuesday, 16th October 2012. Before the meeting with the Building Regulations Advisory Board, the Committee will elect a new cathaoirleach.
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Membership of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Deputies: James Bannon TD (Fine Gael); Paudie Coffey TD (Fine Gael); Niall Collins TD (Fianna Fáil); Noel Coonan (Fine Gael) Leas-Chathaoirleach; Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Fine Gael); Luke Flanagan TD (Independent); Kevin Humphreys TD (Labour); Ciarán Lynch TD (Labour) Cathaoirleach; Sandra Mc Lellan TD (Sinn Féin); Tony Mc Loughlin TD (Fine Gael); Michelle Mulherin TD (Fine Gael); Catherine Murphy TD (Independent); Gerald Nash TD (Labour); Brian Stanley TD (Sinn Féin); Robert Troy TD (Fianna Fáil).
Senators: Senator Cáit Keane (Fine Gael) Senator Denis Landy (Labour); An Seanadóir Fiach Mac Conghail (Neamhspleách); Senator Catherine Noone (Fine Gael); An Seanadóir Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fáil): Senator Ned O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil).