Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency
9:00 am
Mr. John O'Connor:
It was caused by stone from quarries. People call it pyrite, but the problem is posed by sulphides. A very small percentage in the stone can cause a huge number of problems. There was a lack of awareness of the issues involved in the quarries. Perhaps in the past quarrymen, when they saw the stone, had better judgment than when it was being extracted by machines.
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