Mr. Cian O'Dowd:

There are a number of issues, which I am sure are reflected in our statement, that are a matter of frustration and concern on the part of a number of our members. One of these is the existence of a potential gap in transitional arrangements between the determination made by the Housing Agency versus a recommendation that might be made by an engineer, in the first instance, employed by a homeowner. What we are saying, in view of the fact there are significant questions over IS 465, the prevailing standard, which has been under review since 2021 and, obviously, we are calling for the urgent completion of that, is that where there is a gap between the opinions of engineers, the more conservative or the higher of those two should be favoured. That provides additional assurance to those who are involved in this process that the more conservative opinion will prevail in those instances.