An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-14
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF), Donegal

The Cabinet signed off today on the updated defective blocks scheme, which we are told will cost up to €2.7 billion. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Government has not clearly said there will be full scrutiny of the legislation, given that €2.7 billion of taxpayers' money is involved. In 2020, as the Taoiseach knows, we had a so-called 90:10 scheme, which was a false dawn for all the families in counties Donegal and Mayo. In 2021, we had the introduction of a sliding scale. Families have been let down again and again. Will the Government work with the families to ensure proper scrutiny and that the legislation, at last, delivers 100% redress, is based on actual science and ensures taxpayers' money is spent prudently?

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Sitting date: 2022-06-14