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

When he was asked on Highland Radio, the chief executive of Donegal County Council said it was his professional opinion that one would have to remove the foundations from a house. We have Engineers Ireland talking about their engineers understandably taking a conservative approach when they do not trust the standard. Engineers Ireland today are asking the Housing Agency engineers to use a higher threshold when they are assessing, or a conservative threshold, to refer to a previous contribution. I am layperson; I am just listening to these experts. Does Mr. Murphy not find it really alarming that all this range of experts, qualified engineers, are advising that we should not be saying to people to build on existing foundations if we have not tested them? We should not be overruling engineers who are taking an understandably conservative approach when they do not trust the standard. Does Mr. Murphy understand the dilemma we have here?