Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand that. In today's market, someone would be lucky to finish out a 2,100 sq. ft house at €420,000. That is not including planning permission fees, engineering fees or any other fees. That is on the basis of today's costs. Those costs are rising. We are eight or nine months out of that system. That is why it galls me. I was missing for much of this due to illness, but I am back now. The people involved need to be held accountable. If they have a conflict of interests, they should not be on those boards. I see it on a weekly basis. The paper comes to me and shows me the increase day to day.

I fully concur with everything the witnesses are saying. I will do everything with my colleagues to make sure that we get people who listen and who understand what they are talking about to help them. I will do whatever I can do and I will work with colleagues to make sure we get the real redress system for this.

This has been put on the record of the Dáil and of this committee. Are those in government and in the Department afraid to say they got it wrong? That is what they are saying, because they are looking at it. They got something wrong because they did not listen. That is the question I have for the people here who are frustrated and who spend their time coming back here to get redress for those who are suffering. Will this committee ask for accountability within the relevant sections?