Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am sharing my time with Deputy Broughan.

I welcome the report. It is easy for us, as legislators, to do so but the experience has been more painful for those who live in houses affected by pyrite. I hope progress has been made, although it has taken some time. I listened carefully to the Minister's contribution this morning on the publication of the report. I have listened to most of the contributions by the other Members who have spoken and noted that we are at one in agreeing that this matter must be resolved as quickly as possible. As other Members stated, what occurred has been distressing for the affected families. It is not just a Dublin problem as some Members have received mail from other counties about it.

I am encouraged by the recommendations in the report. The Minister outlined his frustration with the stakeholders and their lack of co-operation. I was encouraged to hear his views. He has probably had enough and wants to put an end to the problem. That is good and it is what people like myself want. We want progress made fairly and to give due recognition to those who are living with the pyrite problem.

I welcome the establishment of the resolution board and the timeframe for it. I hope we may not have to return to this House on very many occasions to discuss this topic. All of us want the problem resolved in the interest of those who have suffered. They did not cause the problem. We all know who created the problem, and this is recognised in the report and the Minister's contribution. I stand with the Minister in dealing with those who created the problem, irrespective of whether the relevant period is ten days or 12 days. Let us solve the problem in the interest of those who have had to live with it.

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