Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I am sorry. Could I come back in? I have very little time. The foundations have not been tested for pyrrhotite; the blocks were. In 66 of the 77 properties in Donegal, it was not just pyrrhotite, but an appreciable amount of pyrrhotite, that was identified. In a separate survey by Petrolab, which is the lab in Britain conducting these tests, 97 homes that had samples sent to it for detailed geological analysis were found to have pyrrhotite. My next question is for Mr. Forde and Mr. O'Connell. How is it that the group that worked on IS 465 did not include in it testing for pyrrhotite?
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