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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There were three instances of non-compliance out of all the operators. In terms of the testing process and what happens when a product is found to be non-compliant, there has been a lot of detail given in the discussion thus far. What happens in respect of the people who have bought and used that product in construction? Does the quarry or the producer of the product notify those people?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: If I build homes and bought a product from a quarry that is found to be non-compliant, as the house builder, I will be notified of that as part of the corrective process. Is that what Ms Phelan is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the NBCMSO check, as part of the process of recertifying the product or ensuring it is compliant, that the manufacturer has done all that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will try to understand it in other terms. If I am a homeowner who has bought my home from a builder that has used a product that the NBCMSO, through an inspection or testing, has found may be defective, will I find that out? I take it I will not find out, from what Mr. Butler is saying but that the person who built the homes will find out there could be a problem. It is up to that person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Has that happened in the work the NBCMSO has done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: However, it could happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Was the substance of the very serious statements made by Aidan O'Connell at this committee earlier this year, some of which Deputy Ó Broin read out, investigated? If so, what was the outcome of those investigations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a question for the NSAI about the withdrawal of certificates of conformity. How many such withdrawals have there been under the construction products regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is since the NBCMSO was set up. How long has the office been in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Have any economic operators been prosecuted or penalised for their actions? The NSAI referenced in its statement that it can happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not mind Ms Phelan helping but the question is really for the NSAI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I understood from the NSAI statement that economic operators can be prosecuted or penalised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Maybe I got that from the NBCMSO. If professionals working in the sector come across the use of or have concerns about defective materials, is there any requirement or mechanism to report it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: However, there is no requirement on anyone working in the sector to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the case in which a professional in the construction sector may sign confidentiality clauses with whomever he or she is working, does that inhibit the professional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the view of the Department, the NSAI and the NBCMSO, are the processes around this sufficiently strong and robust? Are there areas on which improvement is needed and, if so, which areas? I ask the NSAI to respond followed by the Department, if there is time. If not, we can return to the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is the overall system robust enough?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have a few short questions for the NBCMSO. I ask for an indication of how many people working in the construction industry or members of the public have contacted the office with concerns, issues or complaints since the office was set up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am interested in products in particular. I am not looking for an exact figure but for an indication as to whether construction products produce a lot of complaints or queries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: To date since the office has been set up, that has not produced issues in terms of market surveillance and products that NBCSMO has been able to follow up on or there have been outcomes-----