Building Advice: What to know about the new register of competent builders

Kya deLongchamps welcomes the arrival of the Construction Industry Register of Ireland – CIRI

The register is expected to start with commercial and large-scale residential builders before trickling down to cover smaller firms in the industry. Picture: iStock

If you’re looking for a builder or skilled trade, it’s comforting to know that the industry’s regulation is improving exponentially from this year. 

Still, it’s a work in progress, and just like that achingly lovely 40-square-metre extension, it’s going to take time. As a result of a 2022 Act (The Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act), a new statutory register is in development, making it mandatory for all providers of building works to be registered.