Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I am still trying to figure that out. As this is a very busy week for the Dáil, there may not be an opportunity to make the announcement in the Chamber. It might be a public statement released by the Department. I want to inform people exactly what is happening in this regard. Members will have heard this morning, or yesterday, about the detection of cladding on a building in Cork. We know that an informal review has been commenced by the chief fire officer in Dublin, which is welcome. The statement will reference what we hope other local authorities will move to do in terms of the challenges posed arising out of what happened in Grenfell in regard to the quality of products that were used in the UK and may have been used here and to reassure people, where possible, that the buildings they are living in is safe and that things that happened in the UK have not happened here. There is a suite of secondary measures that we are moving to complete within set timelines. To ensure this is done, yesterday I convened the second meeting of the task force, which comprises officials from various parts of the Department brought together after Grenfell to ensure we could move not only on the life and fire safety issues with the local and fire authorities but on putting in place of regulations, building standards and building inspections. I hope to make a public statement in that regard later today. I do not want to wait to make that statement until an opportune time arises in the Dáil, which may not arise until next week.