In an interview with Paul McNeive for the Irish Independent, Kevin Hollingsworth, newly appointed President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and Managing Director of Omega Surveying Services, argues that Ireland’s building inspection regime is in dire need of an overhaul. Hollingsworth contends that local authorities must significantly increase the level of inspections to prevent the construction of substandard buildings, echoing concerns around the defective apartments and homes affected by mica and pyrite.