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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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an leasú seo. Ba cheart go mbeadh an córas iomlán trédhearcach. I support Deputy Ward’s amendments.
From a homeowner’s point of view, in Donegal especially, this process has been a never-ending, complex bureaucratic nightmare. One of the key characteristics that exists with this Government is the glacial pace with which it delivers anything. Even when it decides what to do and sets its mind to do it, it is incredibly slow.
From a governance point of view, transparency is very important. You cannot manage if you cannot measure. One of the difficulties in this process is the lack of transparency on delivery. Amendment No. 50 introduces full accountability and transparency into a system that has long been opaque by requiring the Minister to produce an annual report on the operations of sections 23A and 23B. The Oireachtas and the public will be able to have a clear, factual picture of how the defective concrete remediation scheme is functioning. If the Minister is allergic to transparency and to measurability, then there is a difficulty. Why would the Minister fear transparency in relation to fixing what is an arduous process that so many people have been forced to go through?

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10