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

I will revert to the Deputy after talking to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about this. The progress of legislation is important and is a welcome first step, but we certainly need strong regulation to ensure the quality of building materials and of building are what they are meant to be, that people get value for money in respect of what has been constructed and that we do not experience a recurrence of what has happened in the context of mica, pyrite or other issues relating to substandard construction.

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