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

The courts have adjudicated that the legal liability for this rests with the quarries, as having sold goods that were not fit for purpose, and that judgement is on appeal to the Supreme Court. The Minister indicated yesterday that should it be deemed that the decision is upheld, he will then be in a position to pursue and get back some of this money, or set up a new system of funding, presumably, that would insure those who were responsible.

Deputy Wallace made relevant points yesterday about the insurance companies, and the Minister might clarify them.

With regard to homeowners who have initiated legal action - to be honest, out of absolute desperation, because nobody would choose to do that otherwise - are they excluded from the terms of this scheme merely because they themselves tried to remedy this through legal action when they had no other way out?

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