Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Wickham:

No problem. With regard to part of the substantive research under way to investigate some of the learnings from the concrete block issue, GSI has a framework in place with several research partners. One of those most familiar to the homeowner group is the university-led consortium, which includes international experts. Separately, an individual consultant is carrying out parallel testing. Over the course of 2024, several very important reports will be released to inform the evidence basis for making technical advancements regarding the standard. Most of the final reports will be available towards the end of this year and one of the research partners is to deliver its final report in quarter 1 of 2025. However, that is a small but very important part of all the research that is happening. A number of projects are working in parallel that will have deliverables over the coming weeks and months. Taken in the round, within the standardisation process, all parts of the evidence, as it presents itself, will have to be considered to make decisions to move on the review of the standard.

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