Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion
Mr. Michael Doherty:
What is so important to us is that we are not getting 100% redress. If we were getting 100% redress, we would rebuild the houses we had to the same sizes at zero cost. The reality is that our scheme is more like an 80% redress, which leaves a 20% shortfall. For example, if homeowners get a grant of €160,000, they might find they are €50,000 short and cannot get that €50,000, so they take that €160,000 and build whatever size house they can build for €160,000 and then they are not out any money and do not have to go to the bank.
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