Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-10
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Rory Hearne (SD), Dublin North-West

I support Deputy Ward in the points he made. The number of amendments that were ruled out of order, particularly in relation to the public inquiry, is disappointing. There is much that we need to learn from what has happened and from what is going on. There is a real lack of accountability in the whole response that we have seen so far. It is very interesting. The Oireachtas Library and Research Service produced a briefing paper on the Bill. It is quite shocking to look at the tiny number of actual applications that were processed by the Housing Agency. There were over 2,500 applications but fewer than 1,000 were gone through. How many years is it now? We are 14 years in. When are we actually going to seriously address this? My concern is that, given what has been put forward, we will see more problems and the scheme not developed properly. I continue to be very concerned about it.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10