Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-11
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Shane Curley (FF), Cultural and Educational Panel

During the summer, I had the pleasure of going to Inishowen. Councillor Martin McDermott brought me to his brother's house. It was just really sad. I stood and watched a man with tears in his eyes while he allowed me to stick my hand into the wall of his house and literally pull dust out. It is not something you cannot believe until you go and see it. The level of devastation this has visited on people makes it a really emotional issue up there.
Like Senator Gallagher, Councillor McDermott has constantly been on about the vulnerable people who are trying to apply for this scheme but may not have the wherewithal to do so themselves. They need help from the State during the application process. The upfront costs make it prohibitive for a lot of people to access the scheme in the first instance. They are two issues we are going to have to constantly work on into the future.
Councillor Fionán Bradley also contacted me about the social housing scheme. There has been no real movement on that yet. He is hoping we can start on that in the very near future because it is a huge issue in Buncrana. Finally, there is the issue with community buildings. County Anthony Molloy in Ardara has a huge issue with naíonraí and other community buildings. He is hoping to see urgent progress made on that. Go raibh míle maith agat, Senator Gallagher, for the shared time.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-11