Ms Lisa Hone:

Everything relating to the defective blocks seems to be done at a very slow pace. Whether it is progress with the scheme, with the legislation, with investigations and audits of quarries or with appointing a senior counsel to look at how those offenders can be prosecuted, everything is happening at a snail's pace. We find ourselves in information vacuums. Months and months go by between announcements and any activity. From the point of view of the homeowners, it is extremely frustrating. We are aware that, if prosecutions are going to be made, they have to be made within a certain period of time. There is great concern that we will run into issues with regard to the statute of limitations. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is extremely conscious of this. He stood in the Seanad a decade ago and made the same case on behalf of those in Leinster affected by pyrite. He understands what is at stake here. If this just drifts on without action being taken very quickly, we will run out of time and those who are culpable will vanish over the horizon.