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- PublicationExpert witness: Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REGISTER (IRELAND) BILL 26 October 2017A sustainable and robust construction industry needs an effective building control system, an efficient construction sector, a flexible labour market, and a 'fighting fund' for remedying defects. Any one part cannot be looked at in isolation. Regulation of certain professions, trades, builders and developers is necessary, in the interests of public safety, environmental protection and consumers. Restrictions on activities must be justifiable and proportionate. Targeted robust regulation is required in specific areas of high risk, the legacy of defective and dangerous buildings cannot be repeated. In order to rebuild trust in the construction industry, systems must be fully independent, transparent and subject to oversight.
55 - PublicationSubmission to Public Consultation on research topics on collaborative research by ESRI and Department of Housing, Planning Community & Local Government(Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, 2017-05)
; ; ; ; ; This submission is in response to a call for suggested topics for collaborative research to meet current challenges related to housing. The invitation for submissions gives examples (demographics, rental market price changes, credit markets and housing supply) however, the range of topics listed below indicates the broader opportunities for strategic research and, more importantly, the range of research areas that are key to housing policy, design and delivery where research is not currently being carried out.97 - PublicationSubmission to the CItizen's Assembly- "How the State can make Ireland a leader in tacking climate change" 2017This submission is a contribution to the Citizens Assembly in response to a call for submissions on "How the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change".
124 - PublicationReview of Rebuilding Ireland Action PlanThe Rebuilding Ireland Plan assumes capacity, competency and functioning systems in the construction sector and property market. As a priority these assumptions must be interrogated.
287 - PublicationOpening Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning & Local Goverment: General Scheme of Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) Bill 2017A sustainable and robust construction industry needs an effective building control system, an efficient construction sector, a flexible labour market, and a 'fighting fund' for remedying defects. Any one part cannot be looked at in isolation. Regulation of certain professions, trades, builders and developers is necessary, in the interests of public safety, environmental protection and consumers. Restrictions on activities must be justifiable and proportionate. Targeted robust regulation is required in specific areas of high risk, the legacy of defective and dangerous buildings cannot be repeated. In order to rebuild trust in the construction industry, systems must be fully independent, transparent and subject to oversight.
85 - PublicationExpert witness: Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee, January 2018(2018-01-26)Existing buildings are the most readily available, cheapest, quickest and most sustainable source of housing supply in the short term. In addition to 183,000 vacant dwellings recorded in Census 20161, there were more than 28,000 vacant commercial addresses in mid 2017, a national vacancy rate of 13.5%; parts of Dublin city have very high vacancy rates with over 18% in Dublin 2 and 13% in Dublin.
305 - PublicationExpert Witness: Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee on Building Standards, Fire Safety & Ventilation October 2018Fire safety is the most visible type of building failure; other building failures, that are damaging to health and to the environment, often go unreported because they are not so visible and because they play out in private. They need the same attention in public policy, particularly where there are new and emerging risks.
63 - PublicationSubmission to Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Community, Planning and Local Government: Addressing the issue of vacant housing, derelict sites and underused spacesThank you for the invitation to speak to the Committee. I am Lorcan Sirr, lecturer in housing policy at the School of Real Estate and Construction Management at Dublin Institute of Technology, and visiting professor of housing in the Faculty of Law, at URV in Tarragona, Spain. My colleagues are Ms Orla Hegarty, lecturer in UCD, with an expertise in the construction industry and the regulatory environment; and Mr Mel Reynolds, an architect in private practice with an expertise in building standards.
195 - PublicationSubmission to the Public Consultation on the National Risk Register 2017This submission is a contribution to the National Risk Assessment in the context of: "Environmental risks include climate change; the risk of exposure to rising energy costs, particularly in the context of Brexit; risks inherent in the continued housing supply constraint; and risks that could arise from under-investment in economic and social infrastructure". It is in two parts: Part A- Energy performance standards, systems to achieve EU Energy and Climate objectives and compliance in new-build construction, and Part B- Construction standards, public safety and environmental protection.
96 - PublicationSubmission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building regulations, building controls & consumer protectionsThis paper sets out the context of the legislation, the range of issues to be addressed and some solutions for a cost-effective and robust system.
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