Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards

4:00 pm

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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I am concerned because Mr. Buckley and Ms Neary have confirmed what the petitioner said, that there is the potential for pollution by backflow if the appropriate installation does not take place. That is a profoundly serious public health concern. Who holds either the plumber or the developer to account? Who says a house has a plumbing infrastructure which meets the EU, British or Irish standard that ensures the drinking water is safe and that he or she stands over it? Who is responsible for ensuring that happens in every house in the State and signs off on it?