Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

To follow from that, the market surveillance office, for example, only has six staff. It is hugely under resourced. Clearly, there is an issue here. We have been told in the previous session from a highly qualified and experienced engineer with expertise in this area that he is aware of at least one quarry that is still producing substandard material that is going into homes and leading to serious structural damage in homes. That is what is happening today in this country at the same time as this piece of legislation is in front of us which will involve very considerable expenditure. While I agree there have been improvements in this area, clearly it is not working. Is the Department aware that this is not working and that this is still going on and what is the Department doing about the fact that it is not working?