Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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Okay. I wish to raise another issue relating to boundary walls while Mr. Kelly and Mr. McGarvey are before the committee. They will know what I am talking about in respect of the estates in Ballina and Castlebar. The boundary walls are not included in the scheme and the local authorities say the boundary walls are nothing to do with them. I know that the repairs to one boundary wall on an estate in Ballina are costing €30,000. Do our guests think it is fair to ask the homeowner to pay for that boundary wall? It is obviously public property, going into an estate.