A modern courthouse built only eight years ago has buckets on the stairs and “all over the place” to capture leaks, the Dáil has heard.
Fine Gael TD Paula Butterly has questioned “whether we are investing in and building these structures properly” as she highlighted problems with Drogheda courthouse, in Co Louth, which opened in 2017 as part of a €9 million investment.
She said, “In the space of 12 months, we have seen repeated problems, most recently with courtroom one, as a result of burst pipes in the roof ... How can we avoid having buckets lying around a modern facility?”
District Court sittings moved to neighbouring Dundalk courthouse following the burst pipes incident.
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said he would ask his officials and the Courts Service about Drogheda courthouse.
