Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fire Safety Recommendations. Offence of obstructing exits
Summary
De Rossa asks about amending the Fire Services Act to make management liable for obstructed or locked exit doors.
asked the Minister for the Environment the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendation contained in paragraph 9.170 of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Stardust Disaster that the Fire Services Act be amended to create a new statutory offence, that is, failure of the management of a place of assembly to take all reasonable steps to ensure that exit doors required by law to be unlocked and unobstructed, remain unlocked and unobstructed.
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