Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
9:30 am
Mr. Phelim Devine:
I think it is fair that the public hear the context. There are some late changes required to the ceilings of the hospital and that is to ensure it is fully compliant with fire regulations mainly. There are three principal components of those changes that are required. First, there are smoke detectors. The Irish standards state that a smoke detector must be 500 mm away from a bulkhead or 1,000 mm away from a supply grill. There are cases where they are 480 mm away and we have taken the view that we are going to be 100% compliant and move it by 20 mm.