Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2026
84. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of MMC certificates issued by the NSA for each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/26]
View answerNSAI is an independent State Agency and was established as an independent statutory body in 1997 under the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act of 1996. NSAI Agrément is Ireland’s nominated body to issue European Organization of Technical Approvals and is a full member of EOTA, the European Technical Approvals. The purpose of Agrément Certification is to raise standards in the building industry particularly in respect of innovative products.
Certification under Agrément is certification as to fitness for a specific purpose where no current standard exists. The onus is on the applicant to adduce evidence to support their performance claims for the product/material in respect of which Agrément is sought.
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023* |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
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Number of MMC Certificates Issued |
2
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2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2
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No. of MMC Revision certificates issued ** |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0
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1 |
2 |
2
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** MMC Revision Certificates may need to be issued because of, for example, the expiration of validity of the original certificate, manufacturing changes or regulatory changes.
