Defective Building Materials
Dail Éireann — 2022-11-10
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

The Government plans to push ahead with a flawed and counterproductive levy on concrete products, even despite all the warnings that the levy it has designed will result in higher housing and building costs for workers and families. We heard at a meeting of the finance committee from experts, including the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and those impacted by the mica scandal, that the sum impact of the levy will lead directly to increased building costs and challenge the viability of housing projects. Those are not my words; they are what the society is saying, what the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, is saying and what those affected by mica are saying. Is there any chance of the Government reversing this decision?

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Sitting date: 2022-11-10