There have been calls for reform of building regulations as Dublin City Council begins legal action over lack of standards in a Dublin apartment scheme.
The Council is also planning to recover the cost of re-housing tenants after the Priory Hall development was found to be a fire risk.
Local councillors have express disbelief that Dublin City Council bought apartments in the scheme and that compliance certificates were issued by the developer's architects.
The scheme has damp problems and 16 social housing homes were evacuated when it was declared a fire risk last December.
However, private owners who paid around €270,000 for two-bedroom units are left there, as are those who purchased through the Council under the affordable or shared-ownership schemes.
The Council has confirmed it is to take legal action against developers Coalport over fire safety and planning conditions and it will seek recovery of the costs of evacuating 16 homes.
In a statement Coalport said it was the architects who gave certificates of compliance and it says it is committed to finishing the project.
