Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-16
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Nessa Cosgrove (LAB), Labour Panel

Amendment No. 17 is a very similar amendment. Like Senator Black said, it would strengthen the appeal system. It would require the appeals board to annul and replace a decision when an error of law or fact has occurred. Under the 2022 Act, the appeals board can either annul the decision or refer it to the local authority or Housing Agency for consideration. This asks families who have already been through so much to fight battles and get decisions right. If a decision is wrong, it is wrong and the appeals process should address that. Families who are going through this through no fault of their own should not have to go through these hoops. This common-sense change would end one barrier faced by a lot of families. I hope the Government will accept the amendment.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-16