Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Moving on to Mr. Rafferty's comment that the scheme is working well and the Minister "is satisfied with the progress being made", what happens to the 64-year-old woman in my county who has defective blocks? She has been accepted onto the scheme. To rebuild her home will personally cost her in the region of €80,000 more than what would be available under the scheme. She is 64 years of age. She is not going to get finance from any financial institution and she will be relying shortly on her State pension as an income. How does that person access this scheme?

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