Building Control and Certificate of Compliance
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., has announced that he will strengthen the building control systems.
The plan to reform the building control system was devised by the Department, in conjunction with the Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB) and a Building Control Steering Group and includes:
- The introduction of mandatory certificates of compliance by builders and designers of buildings demonstrating that the statutory requirements of the Building Regulations have been met;
- More efficient pooling of building control staff and resources across the local authority sector to ensure more effective and meaningful oversight of building activity;
- Standardised approaches and common protocols to ensure nationwide consistency in the administration of building control functions;
- Measures for the support and further developments of the building control function nationwide.
The Minister has now asked the Department to bring the proposals to public consultation at an early date.
