Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion

Photo of John CumminsJohn Cummins (Fine Gael)
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So it is the case that for use of the sprinkler system for X period of time in any new apartment complex, it has to have X capacity of water in its own right. Therefore, if we look at city centre and brownfield sites, we are looking at significant excavation under or on top with regard to the provision of its “own source” of water for the sprinkler systems. Is that the case?