Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the Taoiseach's ongoing commitment to the A5 and to the link to Letterkenny. A business case will be presented for Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, for the twin towns bypass and the Letterkenny-Lifford link shortly. Whatever needs to be done financially, administratively and politically, will be done in the next while and I look forward to that.

With regard to the defective concrete blocks legislation, when will the scheme be ready? When will it be completed and when will the regulations be complete? I will also emphasise the point publicly again today about the transfer of eligibility, particularly for pensioners who are not in a position to draw down another mortgage or get finance. There should be a clause of transfer of eligibility. The second point is around penalty-free downsizing, which should be voluntary. This is an important element, environmentally and financially. Penalty-free downsizing is an important issue that should be part of the new scheme. It would make the scheme that much stronger.

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