Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Week after week, I have sought to bring to the attention of the Taoiseach and Minister a profound crisis for dozens of families in County Donegal. They are living in defective block homes that are not fit for human habitation. The Taoiseach and Minister must have seen some of the images on social media and on TG4 last night. These houses are not fit for human habitation. I appeal to them to either release the €15,000 to allow these homeowners to find alternative accommodation or allow modular high-quality housing to be built on different sites. It will be a huge problem - Deputy Pringle referred to it - that families will go through the scheme, please God, in the near future, but will not have alternative homes while their houses are being rebuilt. When the Minister meets the chief executive of Donegal County Council, I ask him to come up with some solutions for the dozens of families affected this winter and the hundreds of families that will be affected in the years ahead.

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