Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

For my final question on this subject, I want to talk about 100% redress as referred to in Mr. Rafferty's opening statement. However, keeping with the quandary we are in now, Mr. Wickham would have seen the evidence last week. Engineers Ireland confirmed one set of qualified engineers is working for homeowners. It has recommended option one, full demolition. In a considerable number of cases that has been overruled by other eminently qualified engineers working for the Housing Agency. I had this exchange with Engineers Ireland last week. The difference is that one set of engineers is not indemnified while the other set of engineers is. I am referring to the engineers working for the Housing Agency who are indemnified. They are following to the letter the current IS 465. Does Mr. Wickham not accept it is extremely dangerous, in particular for the reputation of these engineers, that they are forced to adhere to the IS 465 standard that it seems nobody has any confidence in now? Emerging and overwhelming scientific evidence suggests this. The Housing Agency engineers are eminently qualified. I do not for one second question their bona fides. They are overruling colleagues who are peers and fellow members of Engineers Ireland. Are we not now in a disturbing scenario?