Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister mentioned the task force and its tenth meeting. I refer to not having anything back by April. There is an urgency because he said many buildings were identified where work needed to be done and much of that has not been done. That needs to be addressed and they need to be forced to deal with this. People have lost their homes. How will the Minister help with this? There are also 100 staff out of work. Will the Minister get welfare officers to contact people who need help? Is there compensation available? Are there counselling services for people who went through trauma?

Many items have been lost. Will the welfare officers be instructed to help these people in respect of what has been lost? It is very important. The Metro Hotel was built in the regeneration of Ballymun. It was one of the landmarks. It is important that we get to the bottom of this and that this hotel is operational again.

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