Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

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

Role and Operation of National Development Finance Agency: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The point is that was not the case in previous circumstances. Part D of the Building Control Regulations 2013, the section which deals with technical guidance on materials and workmanship, reads:

Materials, including products, components, fittings, items, equipment and back-filling for excavations.

Materials should be of a suitable nature and quality in relation to purpose and conditions of their use, and be adequately mixed or prepared and applied, used or fixed as to perform adequately the functions for which they are intended.

For example, in the case of a floor covering in a school, which is very important - it may seem mundane to anyone who is listening in - if there was to be a slippage or fall, it could result in a serious case of concussion, or a loss of life caused by a bang to the head. How does an independent assessor satisfy that requirement, that the product and solution used to affix the floor covering to the subfloor was adequately prepared and mixed and stored according to the criteria of the product manufacturers?

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