Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

We have our leader here beside us. I want to ask the Taoiseach about an issue I raised with him before concerning self-regulation in the building industry. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is in the House this morning and I alerted the Taoiseach to the major problems arising due to the failure of self-regulation. The county managers of Dublin City Council and Fingal Council have asked that the Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government end that as soon as possible. Is legislation to be brought forward in this regard or will the Minister keep dodging this issue? He has been dodging it for the past eight or nine months as regards young householders who have major mortgages to repay and who find their houses cracking and breaking up around them, and companies are not taking responsibility for this. This is a serious problem and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government does not want to know. Does the Taoiseach want to know?

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