Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is the crux of it. The outer leaf will meet the standards. I am not an engineer. I have been a labourer and carried a hod, but I am not an engineer. I know a wee bit about building. I do not know a great deal but I do not the outer leaf does not carry any weight. The outer leaf is going to be grand. However, what is the position regarding the inner leaf on a house that has Bison ceiling slabs and a roof? Will the engineers sign off on a house that is going to have potentially deleterious materials in a foundation that has not been taken out and an inner block that is carrying the weight of the Bison slabs and the roof? The outer leaf does not carry any weight. Will Insurance Ireland's engineers stand over that?

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