Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion
Mr. Feargal ? Coigligh:
All we can deal with is actuality. That is the issue. There are hypothetical considerations. We know that to date, there have been no issues, as Mr. Forde will have pointed out, with foundations. For the scheme going forward, the foundations will be inspected where they have been uncovered. I understand there will be some core testing. The Housing Agency will also be carrying out core testing on foundations as it goes ahead. That information will be compiled and will feed into future research. There is zero evidence at the moment that foundations have become an issue. All of these schemes address actual damage rather than hypothetical damage. That is an issue.
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