Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Petition 24/22, on a 100% redress compensation scheme for victims of defective concrete blocks and aggregate and not a grant, is in the name of Ms Mary Morrison. This petition is about houses that are affected by defective blocks and aggregate such as mica and pyrite. The petitioner has concerns about the proposed Government redress compensation scheme and questions about planned legislation, namely, the defective concrete blocks redemption Bill. The committee secretariat wrote to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, about this petition. The Minister has responded with details of interim enhancements to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme and has advised that he aims to introduce primary legislation in the Oireachtas as soon as possible to give effect to the enhanced scheme. The recommendation is the correspondence from the Minister be forwarded to the petitioner for comment and the secretariat respond to her questions about proposed legislation inasmuch as it can. Do members have views on this?