Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I thank all of our witnesses for their presentations. This is a particularly important session given the seriousness of the issues at hand. I apologise for the fact that some of us will be participating in a Dáil session on the Government's housing plan, starting at 4:15 p m. I will go straight to the questions. Mr. Keeley might remember that last year there was some coverage in one of the Sunday newspapers about a significant number of fire certificate requirement appeals that were being overturned by the board. They dealt in particular with nursing homes, underground car parks and sprinkler systems. From what he said in his presentation, it seems that issue has been resolved to the satisfaction of the Dublin Fire Brigade in that the types of conditions that had been applied to fire certificates previously, which were not in the original regulations but were international best practice, have been progressed significantly in the new technical guidance document. Is that correct or is there still a way to go?