Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

These developers have and will cost people between €20,000 and €70,000, off-loading responsibility from themselves onto ordinary people who simply cannot afford it. More than that, they have put people's lives at risk by their actions, yet they are still operating and, in some cases, on the same site. How can that be allowed? How are they allowed to wash their hands of it? How can Harcourt Development be receiving massive State contracts, public money, after putting people's lives in danger and facing them with massive bills? The Government needs to act to prevent this and it needs to stop giving State contracts to these developers.

Finally, if the scheme that is presented to the Cabinet before Christmas is anything less than 100% redress, it will not be accepted by residents. The Minister could have a mica-style movement on his hands. One in every 20 homes in the State is affected by this issue. On 14 December, the final Wednesday sitting of the Dáil this year, the Not Our Fault campaign will be outside protesting.

We hope to have seen the outlines by then. If there is not 100% redress, the Government will face a massive campaign on this issue.

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