Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent)
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I am sorry to cut across Ms Murphy. There are a lot of houses in Limerick on which people have done remedial work because they had cracking. They have removed the plasterwork, put mesh onto those areas and got products that soak in to make the blocks harder. The problem now, however, is that when the winter comes again, the moisture will build up inside that and the whole lot will come off in a leaf. The problem you have when you build a house is that you have a wall plate that holds up your roof and, if you have a hip roof, you are putting the pressure onto the corners of your house. If you have a bungalow with an A-frame roof, it is all held together with triangulation of timber. If one of your cavities is weakened by pyrite, your house will come down around you. The Government 100% has to allow coring in order to ensure that we do not put any family in a dangerous situation. Furthermore, with the insulation grants, we have to make 100% sure that coring happens in order to make sure we do not exacerbate a problem we already have.