Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I commend the people who have suffered because of the pyrite scandal in my constituency and other areas, particularly in North Dublin, Kildare, Meath and surrounding areas. It is something that can happen to any family and home. Those responsible for this disastrous crisis are the unscrupulous and cowardly people who sold quarry material which was defective and completely inappropriate for family homes. I am very concerned that according to the report only 850 homes require immediate remediation. It is required by far more homes than this. To resolve the pyrite crisis we need the immediate establishment by the Government of an independent and expertly co-ordinated testing and remediation scheme to identify the full extent of the problem and to resolve it.

It is right and proper that the construction industry pays for the crisis, but families should not have to wait any longer. The Government should fix the problem now and claw back the resources from the construction industry. The Minister stated he would give the construction industry until September to resolve this. It is now mid-October and he is sitting on his hands as usual, doing nothing. Where is he today? Why is he not doing anything about this? The people who have suffered for years because of this demand action today and I commend and salute them.

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