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. Peadar Espey:
With respect to the Housing Agency's role and the chartered engineers from our framework panels, when the core samples are taken from the rising blockwork below ground, the infill will be removed down to the foundation. It is a great opportunity at that stage to have a visual inspection when the core samples from the blockwork are being taken. At that stage, any information that can be seen visually in terms of deterioration or degradation of the face of the concrete on the foundation would be collated. Depending on the roll-out of the scheme and passage of the Bill, it is hoped that we can get commencement late this year. That is when that information will be collated.
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