The Government is engaging with the BPFI. The Minister has, in the broader scheme, set up an implementation group in respect of delivering on it and people are applying to the scheme. I have met various groups on the past on this matter as well. There has been a lot of engagement particularly between the Department with responsibility for housing and other groups. I note the constant dismissal of what, by any yardstick or any precedent, is an unprecedented intervention that involves using the people's money - it is not our money - to try to help people to come through a terrible situation. There are many issues around the defective concrete block issue but the Government, in the interests of those homeowners, has decided to intervene to essentially rebuild their homes.

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