Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government will continue to liaise with South Dublin County Council in respect of its response to this situation at Foxford Court. I urge everybody concerned to allow the council to continue to deal with the situation in line with the standard arrangements in place for the discharge of its statutory functions, which are quite substantial in this area. Since the Government took office, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has clearly signalled that consumer protection in the area of quality construction of new dwellings is a priority. As I indicated earlier, he will shortly announce new reforms relating to mandatory certification and improved inspection arrangements which will have the capacity to improve the quality of buildings while ensuring that problems like those that have arisen at Foxford Court are not visited upon home owners again.

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