Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Representatives from Engineers Ireland were before the committee last week. We have spoken at previous meetings about foundations not being tested and so on. Riddle me this: how can Mr. Rafferty say a scheme is operating satisfactorily – and the Minister, the report, the steering group all agree that it is operating satisfactorily – when we have a situation where there is real doubt over the foundations not being tested and people continuing to build when so much scientific evidence has been gathered?

The engineers are not comfortable and refuse to sign off on homes where the foundations have not been tested.