Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The Department has definitely received them. I am not exaggerating in pointing out that the residents have expended tens of thousands of euro on professional reports. They started a process with the local authority in 2008, long before the Priory Hall case came to light. At the time they were asked to submit information on the matter and told that the local authority would examine it. This set off a chain of events, the outcome of which is that the residents' homes are still not safe according to professional evaluators. While I have raised this matter with him previously, I will submit the relevant information to the Minister. Rather than indicating that it will be examined, I ask him to ensure action is taken because the houses in question have not been fixed. The developer of the estate has been involved in other schemes which had to be evacuated. This demonstrable history of non-compliance has created fear. The local authority told residents that it was a case of buyer beware, that if they kicked up too much, they would be left carrying the can and that they should have checked before buying their homes. That is not good enough.

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