Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion
Mr. Dennis Keeley:
There is a bit of a way to go. As the Deputy quite rightly said, Dublin Fire Brigade lobbied for a number of years for the use of sprinklers in nursing or care homes, which often resulted in contractors and owners putting sprinklers in. However, those decisions were often appealed to An Bord Pleanála. The changes in TGD B, as has been indicated, essentially establish that requirement and its recognition of the benefits. We are not quite there with underground car parks, which were also part of those discussions at the time, but we continue to require sprinklers in underground car parks.