Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion

Mr. Simon Jones:

Yes, we have produced two reports so far. The first outlined the details of the actions of the expert group. The second looked in more detail at the best advice available at the moment. A point which has been made here a couple of times is that good advice is already available right across the sector. We have seen such advice from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE, from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, CIBSE, and from the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations, REHVA. Many international organisations are already producing very good advice. From a solutions perspective, the expert group is not reinventing the wheel. A lot of that information is already available. That is being reported.