Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a question to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. It relates to the lack of progress on the publication by the Government and the Minister of a redress scheme to support homeowners who are affected by defective mica-affected blocks in County Donegal. Almost 5,000 were identified in an expert panel report. It is unacceptable that we see the Government continuing to drag its heels and kick the can down the road with regard to this. Every time I have asked the Minister or Taoiseach about this, they indicate that it will happen in a couple of weeks. I have had homeowners ring me to ask when this will come out, saying that their walls will fall down if they do not move soon. It needs to happen now. I ask the Minister for a definitive commitment here today as to when the schemes will be published. I ask that it be done immediately so that homeowners get the support that they need.

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