Ms Mary Hanley:

I am addressing the redress scheme. The committee wants to know why people are not applying. It is because people do not believe any more that the politicians have any interest in solving this problem. I had the Minister for housing in my house on 27 August 2021, and he said, "Isn't it a shame, your beautiful home?" I said I would be six foot under before anything was done. It is now 2024.

The Minister for housing was in County Clare last Friday. Nobody in the pyrite action group heard anything about it. He did not call to see my house with 40 extra cracks since he was there the last time. My question is for the politicians who are not sitting here but should be. How interesting. I listened to Senator Fitzpatrick. She wants to know and it is great to hear all this. I was in the implementation group and asked, at the end of two and a half hours of talks from the banks and insurance companies, what we had decided on today. Two people from the Department of Finance said they had a clearer understanding. My God, how many more years will it take to understand what we in counties Clare, Donegal, Mayo and Limerick are going through, because quite honestly-----