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 Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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The previous Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, said it was the largest redress scheme in history. Does it concern Mr. Rafferty that the largest redress scheme in the history of the State, which is potentially going to cost multiple billions, is based on desktop studies, not on peer-reviewed science? That is what IS 465 is. Does it concern him that people are being asked to rebuild their homes based on a desktop study?