Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion
Ms Geraldine Larkin:
The standard at the moment specifically calls out mica and pyrite but the test methodologies that are identified within the standard already allow for the identification of other materials. I hope the current research will bring further clarity to that work such that there is a cast-iron assurance for all users of the standard. We hope the science will go one step further than what is already there and bring even more information to all users, including homeowners and engineers.