In relation to Question No. 11, the Minister said he was in the process of preparing regulations to replace the public resort by-laws and that a code of practice would be introduced. It is now almost four years since the Stardust disaster. Does the Minister not think it has taken far too long to produce these regulations? Could he give some indication when the regulations will be made and operative?

Given that we got through Committee Stage by the end of this month, the building regulations should be law by the end of the session.

The Minister indicated that new regulations were being prepared to replace the public resort by-laws. I presume these new regulations will apply to existing buildings as well as new buildings. The building regulations which it is proposed to introduce under the building control legislation refer only to new buildings. They do not cover existing buildings.

The Deputy is talking about the fire safety regulations under section 37 of the Fire Services Act. We are proceeding with the preparation of the regulations for places of public assembly. The Fire Services Council have been requested as a matter of urgency to prepare the accompanying code of practice with the regulations. The management regulations should be available early in 1985.