Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are not asking families to come with €45,000 or €60,000. We have an upfront grant of €20,000 to cover rent and storage. We have got rid of upfront costs and the 10% contribution. We are bringing in the Housing Agency to play a central role in all of this. Our fundamental objective is to facilitate families to get their homes rebuilt. We will do that and spare them the cost of having to do it. The Minister will work with SCSI on indicative costs and we have built that into the overall cost of the scheme with regard to inflation and so forth. It will take a number of years to get houses remediated and rebuilt. I think we all agree on that.

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