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
Mr. John Wickham:
The same rules would have applied. There are many instances of product failure in other countries. It does happens. We have had a legacy of experience by working through the pyrite in the hardcore since 2013. Due to the supply-and-demand pressures of the industry at the time of the Celtic tiger some quarries lost sight of the standards. There are standards in place and they need to be adhered to.
To follow-up on the Chairman's second point about the system building control amendment regulations, BCAR, having more competent professionals involved in construction works and making sure that they aware of these standards, BCAR has led to a significant improvement and awareness of standards and, as a result, we are getting better quality buildings.
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