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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Conor Sheehan (LAB), Limerick City

I support the amendment from Deputy Ward. I too tabled an amendment about the arbitrary deadline of 29 March. I understand why the amendments were ruled out of order, because they place a charge on the Exchequer but the Minister needs to look at this again because the deadline is arbitrary. It is bad enough that the Government took a year to come up with what is simple legislation to lift the cap. Why did the Minister come up with the date of 29 March? Was it to coincide with the SCSI report? Surely the report would have looked at costings into 2023? This is about money, pure and simple. I ask the Minister to come back when he can bring in amendments in the Seanad and not to exclude dozens of families who desperately need that money because he is penalising people who applied early. They did what the Government asked them to do, which was to apply for the scheme and to get in early. This is cruel and is really creating division where there is not division.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10