Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Returning to my question, are smoke toxicity levels in building materials regulated or not? With Grenfell, unfortunately, as with many disasters, multiple things went wrong. The "stay put" policy was obviously one of the issues, but there were multiple failures. Unfortunately, when there is loss of human life, it is often when several things have failed. If the answer is that it is not regulated but there are these other things in place, one of the reasons it is regulated in other countries is because if other systems fail, then at least smoke toxicity levels in the building materials will not be an issue. Are they regulated or not? I understand they are part of a system - I understand that.

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