Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Higgins for allowing me to use this slot. I welcome all of the witnesses. I will direct my questions to Dr. Cleary of the Clare Pyrite Action Group. I pay tribute to her and her committee for the strong determined work they have done on behalf of homeowners in County Clare and, indeed, I will mention Clare County Council, Ms Anne Haugh and her team and the engineer, Mr. Simon Beale. It has been a long hard road. The fact that the Clare Pyrite Action Group has been locked out of informal discussions is disappointing. There is a different view to this because of the different dynamics in Clare and the impact of pyrite on houses. For those reasons, the damage threshold is an issue for pyrite homes. Dr. Cleary has elaborated a bit on that, but I will give her an opportunity to elaborate further. Will she elaborate further on the deep issues? Evidently, a visual inspection will not be enough. The core testing that was done on various homes in Clare proved, without any shadow of a doubt, that the homes had pyrite; that it was very damaging and that the integrity of the block was crumbling, even more so than if it was a mica home. Will Dr. Cleary explain that to us?