James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his Department’s review of Ireland’s furniture fire regulations; if he will provide an updated timeline on the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36151/22]

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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In the area of furniture fire safety, there are no harmonised EU standards. The Irish standard (I.S. 419:2011) and regulations (SI No. 316/1995) were introduced to protect consumers by preventing the rapid spread of a fire started on or near furniture. The Irish Regulations set out a more robust safety standard than applies in other EU Member States in order to provide a higher level of safety in this area.

Due to competing priorities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, progress on the assessment of submissions was delayed, however analysis of the submissions has resumed again at pace. 

I hope to have recommendations on any revised regulations on foot of that evaluation process later in the year.