Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his wide-ranging response. What I discern from it - the Minister can correct me if I am wrong - is that he and Government accept the principle that there are recommendations in the report on financial support for those who are affected. If the Minister is not accepting the amendment, which has been put forward in good faith to try to move this pressing and urgent question on, I ask him to tell me directly what he plans to do. What is the nature of the work that the Department of Finance and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage plan to do over the next short period of time to address all of these questions? These are very pressing questions. When does the Minister expect that a decision will be made, with those who represent the interests of those who are living in defective apartments? When will there be some conclusion to this process? The Minister will accept that people have waited a long time for some clarity on this.