Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It would be of enormous importance if the Government could show it could take an issue such as this and resolve it to the satisfaction of the people who are affected.

The pyrite action group has sought the following: the immediate establishment of a comprehensive and systematic notification, testing and remediation scheme not at their expense; the immediate removal of defective infill from all homes, including the ones in the orange category which are of no value in terms of reselling unless the pyrite, if identified in those homes, is removed; that it be done systematically in blocks rather than in a piecemeal approach; independent and professional co-ordination of the remedial works; independent structural recertification; and a ten or 15 year guarantee once the work is done so that there is not an issue when people subsequently sell their homes or have to insure them. Disgracefully, the insurance industry and mortgage lenders are causing serious problems from that point of view.

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