Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Michael McGarvey:

Yes. We must work within the scheme. Where people are able to demonstrate these costs early on, they can recover them. It is obviously a cashflow issue for them. Under the current scheme, these costs are deducted from the €420,000 payment made to the people involved at the end. It does mean that they could still avail of it earlier when they incur those costs.