Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
That would be welcome. Deputy Higgins may have covered the following point. Engineers Ireland has said that in its opinion, IS 465 is not fit for purpose. I asked if the organisation had written to the Department or the Minister to express that view. Its representatives said that the testing was not for other materials aside from mica and pyrite. The testing our guests have spoken about will go beyond that. Is it the view of our guests that the change will give confidence to Engineers Ireland? Will it be able to express confidence in the scheme? I do not want our guests to speak for Engineers Ireland but will this new testing cover the issues it has raised?
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