Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This week, yet another large apartment development in my constituency was found to have significant defects. It is the third development in Dublin South-Central in recent months. Owners face remediation costs of upwards of €30,000 per apartment. Residents must cover this imminently so that the management company can maintain the insurance of the buildings. These people cannot wait for the report of the working group or for the scheme to open. They must part with large sums of money now and hope the Government will reimburse them in the future. Will the Government commit to supporting owners financially and retrospectively through tax measures or direct expenditure for building defects arising from a history of lax regulation?

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