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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Christopher O'Sullivan (FF), Cork South-West

I will now address Amendment No. 8, which was tabled by Deputies Ó Broin, Doherty, McGettigan, Conway-Walsh and Mac Lochlainn. I take the points made by the Deputies that there is an urgent need to increase capacity throughout the country. There is also an urgent need to increase affordability in the housing sector and to increase capacity in the private rental sector and the rental sector in general. This is obviously a very acute issue, particularly in Donegal, which is obviously the county most affected by defective blocks.
I accept that amendments can be introduced to try to oblige the Government to bring forward reports on measures. Because this is a tax measure, however, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has no remit in respect of it. I suggest continued consultation with the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance and his Department. I am not sure whether it was the previous Minister for Finance or the Tánaiste, who took up the role just recently, that the Deputy was consulting with. That would be my suggestion because tax measures are the responsibility of the Minister for Finance as opposed to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10