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

I thank colleagues for their contributions. I will deal with a couple of items regarding where we were in June 2020 and where we are now. All Deputies will recognise that there have been major changes to the previous defective blocks scheme. It is important for the House that we set some of those changes out. I thank all the homeowners from all the affected counties for their constructive engagement on a difficult, complex issue. We are committed to making the scheme work for them, which is why we need to ground this scheme in legislation and have it passed by the summer recess. Over the summer recess, we can work through the regulations and get the scheme up and running to be able to help people to get their homes and lives back together.

I fully appreciate Deputies who have tabled amendments and their contributions today, but let us look at where the scheme came from. It was a 90% grant of up to €247,500. It is a 100% grant up to €420,000.

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