Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

One of my constituents, Ms Caroline Keane of the Lusk Pyrite Action Group, has expressed concern that the categorisation of structures as red, amber and green will by its very nature require evidence of deterioration before remedial action is sanctioned. When this problem emerged in Quebec and Ontario in Canada in the 1970s and 1980s, detailed plans were rapidly developed following the collapse of a government in Quebec to implement a full-scale and systematic remediation programme instead of pursuing a legal and insurance model based on individual claims and proofs of structural damage. The Lusk group is concerned about the operation of these categories, given that pyritic damage to a building emerges over a period of up to four decades, particularly where the necessary barrier is not constructed in the floor infill before the concrete slabs are laid. The various estimates made by spokespersons yesterday, with 70,000 units as the highest figure, reflect the concerns that people have expressed. I ask the Minister to clarify that issue.

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