The government have made substantial meaningful changes. The introduction of the Regulation (EU) No 305/201 mandated the use of Harmonised European Standards, leading to block strength increase (I.S. EN 771-3), and aggregate testing to I.S. EN 12620:2002+A1:2008.

johnking Regulations are meaningless unless you ensure they are effectively enforced - Govt has made no substantive changes in this regard.
The system is still based on self-regulation and the Head of the NBCO has declared a national emergency with regard to construction regulation.

MAG Unsure if this chart represents tested cores but it does suggest the introduction of EU 305/201 and mandating EN 771-3 was an effective move.

Bar chart source Mica Redress

johnking MAG Or that defects take at least 10 years to manifest.

Also en771-3 should have been implemented in 2004 but was 6 years late compared to our EU neighbours

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Mica Redress MAG Similar with EN12620, introduced in 2003 but not mandated until 2013. The co-existence period for each standard is agreed between the member state and EU.

johnking MAG Also your document says default 1 year coexistence.

EU doc says by April 2005

... In what world is it OK that Govt didn't take action here untill 2011 (8 years after the commenment of en771-3)

Mica Redress MAG I understand the frustration. It's something that could be probed into by your team going forward.

johnking MAG Simple fact is (and this is just one standard as an example) Govt were meant to remove coexistence regulations by April 2005.

The UK were actually one year late

Ireland were 5 YEARS LATE

Mica Redress MAG This would all have been negotiated with the EU. All harmonised European standards were eventually mandated with the EU No 305/201 in 2013.

johnking MAG OK so EU just gave Ireland preferential treatment and said batter away for another few election cycles on your own regulations

But let's say EU did OK this. Why would Irish Govt explicitly defer improved building standards. Your argument is they explicitly chose to delay en771-3