Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. We know the Tánaiste is more in line with the Tories and Boris Johnson in London than the Executive in the North but for the information of the House, my colleague Deirdre Hargey has already approved a €240 payment - not a loan - to individuals as a targeted support. That legislation is going through the Executive. The Tánaiste is mixing it up with Boris Johnson's plan for Britain.

I raise the mica and pyrite defective blocks scheme. There are serious concerns in Donegal and elsewhere about the timeframes and how long it will take. There are suggestions it could be close to the end of the year. We need urgency from the Government on this. Those concerns are only being added to now due to the upcoming Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland, SCSI, report on the cost of the defective concrete blocks scheme. It is simply unacceptable. The SCSI must be allowed to provide a fully independent and true assessment of the costs of rebuilding homes and replacing foundations.

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