Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Sam Doran:

As the Deputy knows, the fire safety fund all started two years ago. I have gone through three tenders. It has been two years of a battle and getting nowhere. I had a meeting yesterday with the Housing Agency. I think we have overcome the last difficulty, so we are close to it there. Basically, we were told that the code of practice would come out and everything would be hunky-dory. The code of practise is not fit for purpose. The interim scheme is not fit for purpose because this is emergency funding for people living in apartments with fire defects. People are living in danger. Our own development had three near fires. The fire brigade turned out seven fire appliances because we were on high alert because of the fire defects.