Written answers
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Department of Education and Skills
School Accommodation
8:00 pm
Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his chair specifications complies with the Irish and European Standard which is I.S.EN 1729; if these are the same device specifications covered by the study by the National Back Pain Association in the UK which concluded that Irish school chairs are not conducive to posture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27152/11]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department's specifications require that all chairs supplied to primary and post-primary schools conform to the Irish (and European) Standard which is I.S. EN 1729 Furniture, Tables and Chairs for Educational Institutions. This is a recent standard dating from 2006.
Sorcha O'Reilly
Posted on 26 Aug 2012 4:12 pm (This comment has been reported to moderators)
The chairs used in schools and colleges are of an appalling standard which have caused me chronic, long-term back pain. If chairs as bad as these are up to the Irish standard, this standard needs significant changing so as to help prevent more people going through the extreme pain and back fatigue as I do.