Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme.
11:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Will Mr. O'Connor come back to me with the amount? It is good that the scheme is rolling. That is the good news. Some of the slides shown earlier demonstrate the level of damage and what had to be done. We saw the situation these people finished up in with a mechanical digger in the sitting room five, ten or 15 years after buying a house and paying a mortgage. It is good that the scheme is rolling and that the pyrite board is getting on top of it. I am keen to acknowledge that. However, we need to ensure this kind of thing does not happen again.
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