Dr. Martina Cleary:

Scrapping a scheme that has been in planning for two years is a non-runner. In March, I submitted 17 pages of responses. There were more than 300 submissions to the draft regulations as part of a large stakeholder survey. None of them was taken on board. That survey was a lengthy process. It delayed us in Clare by another year from the point of ratification to admission. It is about time that the Government started listening to and acting upon the work we have already put in and what we are saying, which we are saying again at this meeting. The whole thing cannot just be thrown out, but it can be changed. I understand that the Minister could make decisions in autumn around, for example, the cap, immediately installing a facilitator for County Clare and giving us an annual estimate of the number of houses that will be remediated. These real deliverables will also help people psychologically, as they will see that there is hope and that we can progress. That is what is needed.