Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Forde said during the previous session that he would like to see the start of the scheme for confidence to build and for progress to be made. Perhaps I am paraphrasing him but he said we would fix the problems as they arise and the scheme matures. Let us consider the perspective of a homeowner who will be getting remediation work done without having the foundations checked. If the further research we talked about shows there is the potential for issues with foundations, what happens to that homeowner? Do we go back and retest? I know I am engaging in a hypothetical but our guests can understand the concern of homeowners who have lived through this once, who are going through the remediation scheme, and I am aware of the issues with the scheme, who are having to worry about their foundations and who are waiting for this further research.