Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

4:00 pm

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Wallace knows from direct experience, it is not an easy business to get people in the construction sector to agree collectively. I hope they will because they have caused the problem, not the home owners. The reputation of the industry is at stake. They have an opportunity to repair it and, more importantly, to remediate the dwellings of the unfortunate people who have been affected. There is a precedent in this with some members of the Construction Industry Federation carrying out work on houses affected by pyrite. We have existing models to see how much it will cost and how we can provide the remediation process. Perhaps Deputy Wallace could be of assistance to us in attending meetings on this matter tonight.

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