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

Yesterday I met constituents from the Not Our Fault campaign outside the Dáil. They are seeking emergency funds to carry out essential remedial works to their apartment complexes that are needed right now. While I welcome the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage's proposed apartment defects scheme, it is my understanding it will not be operational until 2024. In the meantime, many of the complexes are literal death traps with works needed now. Residents are facing huge increases in insurance bills they cannot afford due to these defects and because the cost of insurance is making it harder to afford the remediation of the defects. Will the Minister commit to providing interim or emergency funding or supports in advance of the general scheme to allow essential safety works to take place now? They are needed right now.

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