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

There were three instances of non-compliance out of all the operators. In terms of the testing process and what happens when a product is found to be non-compliant, there has been a lot of detail given in the discussion thus far. What happens in respect of the people who have bought and used that product in construction? Does the quarry or the producer of the product notify those people? Is there any follow-up with them or any testing of homes that were built with product that is subsequently found to be non-compliant? What happens in that respect?

Part of the corrective action notice requires the economic operator to carry out due diligence. Part of the certification process is traceability and the operator must keep records of who they sold the product to for the past ten years. The operator must carry out that due diligence and it also checks its tests. All of those operators carried out due diligence and checked their previous tests. This office also had samples of the operators' construction products that we had tested previously and we were satisfied they were correct.