Roche to impose stricter building standards

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / December 23

Architects, surveyors and other building professions are to be regulated for the first time under a new bill published yesterday by Environment Minister Dick Roche. The Building Control Bill will also introduce new standards for house building including new fire and disability access codes. Detailing the new legislation in Dublin yesterday, Mr Roche said it would be seen "in years to come to be one of the most progressive pieces of consumer law to be brought forward in recent decades". That view was tempered somewhat by the opposition, who warned that local authorities would be powerless to enforce the proposed laws unless they are allocated more resources.

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