Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We recall the late Deputy Shane McEntee dealing with pyrite in houses that were built and then became unsuitable for those who paid big money for them. Now, we have a situation like this.

As Deputy McDonald is well aware, under the legislation, planning permission is issued on certain conditions. Unfortunately, because of the over-enthusiasm that was being followed with regard to the whole building boom during the so-called Celtic tiger years, nobody policed the quality of the building that went into these houses and estates. I am quite sure that if the planning application and the conditions that applied to the structure of those houses had been implemented properly by a clerk of works or a project manager, this would not have happened.

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