Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

That is important. It is really needed. I would make the observation that given the massive trauma and stress this has caused families and communities across Ireland and the massive cost to the public, it is not enough for us to be reliant on stating that people should make complaints if they have knowledge. If they do not, nothing will be done about that.

I have a question in terms of the legislation. On head 24, the subrogation of rights, would it not be in the State's interest to allow homeowners to recover costs against third parties for non-grantable losses such as stress, depression and suffering that homeowners have gone through? Can homeowners still recover that through legal action or does this prevent them from doing so? On what basis does the State purport to inherit a plaintiff's rights to recover sums that are not covered by the grants for which third parties could otherwise be liable or are they still open to be able to take legal action for non-grantable costs?