Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion

Ms Martina Hegarty:

There were 20 homeowners in Mayo last July, of whom I was one. A decision was made by Mayo County Council that there was no pattern cracking present in the homes. It was the first time that this ever happened. To be honest, nobody had a clue what was going on. We had engineers coming out to our homes to try to take additional pictures, both inside and outside, and additional information was provided-----