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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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

I can read the Minister of State what the Tánaiste said when we discussed this issue previously. He stated:
I am genuinely grappling constructively with the point the Deputy made on the idea of the ARP. It is not an unfair point. That scheme is administered by the Department of justice. My Department carries out the tax treatment element of the scheme. It is open to other Departments to consider schemes in relation to this area. I will engage constructively with those line Departments in relation to that. There is going to be a review of the scheme and there will be legislation next week. I will engage constructively with the Minister, Deputy Browne, in this regard. If a Department brings forward a scheme, my Department engages with regard to the tax treatment of that scheme.
This is two arms of Government that are not talking to each other. People in my constituency have been abandoned as a result. This amendment requests the compilation of a report. I put forward a substantive amendment in the Finance Bill. I also put such an amendment forward here but it was ruled out of order. I am not looking for a vote on this issue; I am looking for a response that says "On this issue, that actually makes sense. We will deal with that on Report Stage of the Bill. The Department will liaise with the Department of Finance and we will bring forward a scheme." That is what I was hoping for. That is what constructive engagement is. Telling me to go back to the fellow who told me to go back to the Department of housing is not on.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10