Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was delighted earlier this year when the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government announced the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and the pyrite remediation scheme. Only during the summer did I discover that this requires legislation to establish. I see no sign of the legislation and would like to know where it is. The Seanad would be willing to play its part and initiate that legislation to get it going. Announcements were made in March and during the summer about this issue and people were delighted. We welcomed this and did not begrudge it in any way. We want it to happen as soon as possible. I thought things would be moving by now and so did others because these houses are in such a bad state and they keep getting worse and worse. I would like the Seanad not to delay the scheme, even if the Government has not given us the legislation to pass.