Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Of course, it is not the apartment owners' fault. I assume the Deputy is aware that I established a working group on fire defects for apartments that has been working over the course of the last year. Most importantly, included in that have been the residents represented by the Apartment Owners Network and the Construction Defects Alliance. They put together the terms of reference; that was not influenced by me. I expect to receive the report very shortly. I take this issue very seriously. It is not the fault of the residents or apartment owners. When I receive it, I will bring the report to Government and we will consider what action we will take to help homeowners in this space. It has been a very extensive process with over 28,000 submissions received. We have the widest survey of the types of defects within these apartments and the report will reflect that. I will keep the House informed of progress.

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