Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-13
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Niall Blaney (FF), Agricultural Panel

Everybody in this House represents the homeowners. We all speak for homeowners. We speak to homeowners. Certainly, I have spent as much time as any other public representative in these Houses on this scheme - hundreds of hours over the past two years - and I would like to think I was doing the work on behalf of homeowners who consult with me.
I also recognise that there are those issues of inflation. I raised them here with the Minister on Second Stage. In Donegal, there is talk of 15%. I do not know the officials the Senator is talking to. I cannot get an official to tell me is it exactly 15%, is it less or is it more, but inflation is an issue. I also recognise there is an independent mechanism of setting prices but, certainly, I would acknowledge that inflation is an issue.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-13