Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade

Mr. Dennis Keeley:

I will refer to the themes in the order in which I listed them starting with the regulatory impact analysis that mentions B5, which is access to facilities. Within the existing TGD B reference was made to the protection of life and property but the term "property" was omitted from the revised version, which led to us having the following two questions. Why? In addition, will there be unintended consequences for fire authorities by the omission of the word "property", particularly under the Fire Services Act?

The next theme is alternative designs and the fire safety engineering approach to compliance. What that means is that the TGD B will have certain limitations in how it will deal with assuring there is compliance for both designers and fire authorities. As there are buildings that are complex or very tall, which sit outside of the TGD B, then we feel that the guidance document should encompass that particular element or provide additional guidance outside of the TGD B.

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