Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

About nine months' ago, I visited the building and looked over it. I brought a hammer and had a look at how things were done. To be honest, I was completely shocked. I could not believe that so many different sections could allow what happened to take place. I believe it cannot be made right and it is not possible to bring that development to the stage it should be at for the people who paid for it. Those buildings must be knocked down and rebuilt. People should remember that the banks sent people out there to check whether it was safe to part with the mortgage money they were providing and the development was certified. The banks received certification from that person who, more often than not, was somebody within the banking structure. They stood over what was out there. Do not ask me how they did this but, as a builder, I would not like the job of rebuilding it. I would like to build it from scratch, not repair it.

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