Defective Building Materials

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2022

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Ceisteanna (306)

Thomas Pringle

Ceist:

306. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the OPW ensures that buildings it has responsibility for are built using blocks that are free from MICA and deleterious materials in construction projects in County Donegal; if the OPW has checked existing buildings for the presence of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7651/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

The Office of Public Works carefully and professionally specifies its building materials and supervises their use and installation with qualified architects and engineers.

We have not detected any mica problems in Donegal or elsewhere in OPW designed and supervised projects.