Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a question for the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. In December 2015, the Government announced its intention to set up a special committee to investigate defective concrete blocks in Donegal with a report date of May 2016. It is now two years after that and the more than 5,000 homeowners who have defective homes as a result of defective blocks still have no clarity or commitment from the Government about putting a redress scheme in place to help them to fix their homes. It is scandalous that the Minister has sat on this and tried to delay in the way that has happened so far. He has, in effect, continued to kick the can down the road. The National Standards Authority of Ireland report was due to be published by April. We are still waiting for that. Will the Minister tell the Dáil when that will be published and will he also tell us when a redress scheme will be put in place so that those homeowners who are living a nightmare will finally get some relief and some assistance from the Government to get their lives back on track?

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