Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate Mr. Owens's answer but I am not asking about the standard. As regards the houses we go into, the householders are not worried about the standard, IS 465s or other standards the Government has. They want to know whether the house is structurally sound. We have before us the head of Engineers Ireland, and I ask him that question on their behalf. When the Government tells them, through the scheme, that only the outer leaf must be replaced, as the head of Engineers Ireland, can Mr. Owens tell me that if they do that, despite deleterious materials being present in the inner leaf and, potentially, the foundations, the house will be structurally sound? Hand on heart, can he tell the families watching in at home that that is the case, or do we have a problem? In fairness, his opening statement really questions this because he draws attention to the science, does he not?