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

This represents a radical U-turn on what the Minister previously stated in the House. There are approximately 101 accommodation units in the Curragh Camp. Our understanding was that the technical assessment to be carried out would contemplate all of these dwellings and not just the 16 which comprise a particular terrace. If only those 16 dwellings were the subject of the assessment, then it is obvious the Minister has engaged in a sleight-of-hand exercise because the residents and Members on this side of the House understood that much more would be involved.

We cannot divorce this situation from the overall housing crisis that exists and the savings to the State of remediating what are otherwise solid units compared to having to rebuild up to 100 units or homes.

I would like to see the technical assessment thus far. The Minister has given us little detail but he has been remarkably dismissive of the findings. To level the playing field I am keen to have our experts examine the situation. I call on the Minister to furnish us with the interim findings and to explain why the other 87 units which he was supposed to have examined have disappeared off the radar.

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