HomeBond should not be part of new Building Regulations Advisory Board - Environment Committee

Committee Cathaoirleach Michael McCarthy TD said: “At our meeting today, a motion was passed requesting Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan not to appoint a representative of HomeBond to the new Building Regulations Advisory Board. HomeBond had been represented on the previous board. However, members feel that the refusal of HomeBond to appear before the Committee to explain its decision to opt out of legal responsibility to the purchasers of homes damaged by pyrite was not only discourteous to elected representatives of the Oireachtas, it displayed a lack of accountability and therefore is a matter of serious public concern.

Given HomeBond’s decision and its refusal to come before the Committee to account for that decision, the Committee feels that a representative from that organisation should not be part of the new Building Regulations Advisory Board and has agreed to write to the Minister to request this.”

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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)