Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)

By way of information, we held committee hearings, which the Minister of State would have been here for, when the previous Government was doing its review of Part B of the building regulations, which deal with fire safety. There is no opposition from our fire safety authorities to updating the regulations to allow us to do timber-framed buildings of over two storeys. The issue is it has to be set out clearly in the regulations, and the review, unfortunately, did not even address the matter. This committee has a very strong record of arguing for the highest possible fire safety standards. None of us who were at those meetings, including the Minister of State, would have argued anything different from the Minister.