Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I revert to the position in County Donegal regarding the problem of mica within the defective blocks. The Minister has outlined the options that have been pursued and so on, some of which have been exhausted. The Minister stated the Department is open to looking at the data and all that, which I am sure will happen without delay. However, my question is in respect of local property tax. While I acknowledge the Minister will not give a commitment this evening, without doing so can he state he is open to the idea of exempting properties from local property tax, just as would be buildings affected by pyrite, where it can be proven that defective blocks were used in the construction of those properties?