An Oireachtas Committee has been told today that it will could be several months before the standards governing the Defective Block Redress Scheme are changed.
Derek Rafferty of the Department of Housing told the Joint Finance Committee this afternoon that the department is aware of the recent evidence which questions the IS 465 standard, and finds that deleterious materials other than Mica are causing the structural defects.
The evidence also suggests foundations are being affected.
Mr Rafferty says the evidence is being assessed, and that is part of an ongoing process which will take time to complete………..
Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn told the committee that no-one believes that standard will remain in place in light of the new evidence, and said that Engineers Ireland first expressed concern about it last year…………….
You can hear that full discuss, with answers from Department of Housing officials Derek Rafferty and John Wickham here –
