Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Building Regulations: Discussion
4:00 pm
Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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I have two questions and both are fairly straightforward yes or no questions. Is an insurance scheme available for those who carry out inspections? Let us suppose an electrician signs off on his work and claims his work is to a certain standard. The same could apply to a carpenter or someone who installs windows. Is there insurance? Are these people indemnified? Is there any liability? Let us suppose one goes to a hospital for an operation. If there is a mistake then there is recourse legally on the practitioners.