Defective Building Materials
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-11
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal

We will absolutely continue to look at that.
The work being done through the Housing Agency is very important in helping homeowners, first, apply to the scheme and, second, make sure the scheme works for them. When I inherited the scheme, it was a 90-10 model, with a grant amount of €247,000. It has been changed completely and we are seeing homeowners engage with it. Are there still concerns? Absolutely. Am I committed to working through those concerns? Yes, I am. I work through the concerns on a daily basis with the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, to provide the supports for people. The Deputy has hurled from the ditch on this issue. When he voted against the scheme, he did not even respond-----

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Sitting date: 2024-04-11