Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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There is probably an impression, because the Government keeps saying it, that there is a 100% redress here. Yet, there seems to be an impression that this issue has been sorted, probably because the topic has not been in the spotlight as much as it was two years ago or last year during the big demonstrations. Therefore, today we are dealing with the issues of the implementation of the scheme and the bridging finance. Mr. Sharkey spoke about the second part of that, which is that there will be a large proportion of homes that do not need bridging finance; they actually need finance. The grant will not cover the cost of remediation of their home. Do the representatives have personal experience of people in that scenario, whereby what has been announced will not remediate their home in full?