Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With respect, they did send in all the requested documentation. I would like to put on the record, in case I need to, that it is not their fault that their houses and their homes have pyrite. They could have no way of knowing when they bought their homes that pyrite was present. They sent in all of the documentation. They complied with all of the rules as they understood them. They even went to the trouble of telephoning the Revenue Commissioners - one of them works for Revenue - to double-check that they did in fact have the exemption, and they did this every year. They submitted large quantities of documentation, everything that was requested of them. They further went to the trouble of making telephone calls just so they could be clear about it. Again, it is not their fault that the records and recordings do not go back far enough to capture this, but they have told me and assured me they did everything possible. What they seek from the Minister is a modicum of flexibility. He must understand, their homes have been rendered effectively worthless by pyrite. The value of even those homes that have been remediated is severely impacted. They are looking, I suppose, for someone to take a compassionate view.

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