Mr. Peadar Espey:

It is the intention of the Housing Agency to roll out the assessment sampling and the testing categorisation. That will be in accordance with the existing IS 465 standard. As part of that, and to inform the research, any issues are identified in the sampling stage, for example at the foundation level. If there is any deterioration or degradation, that will be identified and recorded. That information will be collated and issued to the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI. Likewise, as part of the petrographic analysis that will be carried out under IS 465, if any other deleterious materials are identified and if they are relevant to the standard, again those items will be collated and issued to the NSAI to help and to inform the research.