Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion

Mr. Conor O'Donnell:

It is not, for anybody on the €420,000 cap. All someone will get is €420,000 so the money the Government gave us back for our boring and testing - the €6,500 to €7,000 - gets taken off us straight away. Then, one is not entitled to any more than €420,000 so one will not get €5,000 for storage or the €15,000. The nearest storage to me is in Westport. To hire a sea container there that is insulated is €65 per week. I needed anything up to six of those to put my belongings into. That was going to cost €1,040 per month. That is without paying rent or a mortgage, etc. on an empty house. How can people afford to build their houses? They cannot. Everything is unrealistic.

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