Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I again welcome Aaron. Yesterday, the Government finally published the defective concrete block scheme. Despite a clear promise the updated scheme would open by the end of 2022, it has taken the Government a full year to get the scheme up and running. I am still reviewing the details of the regulations but I am concerned it will still leave many people behind. Changes to the scheme will provide much-needed relief for some of those affected, but I believe it will leave many homeowners and tenants in Mayo behind.

Does the updated scheme provide 100% redress and retrospective redress? Does it include foundations impacted? Can the Taoiseach assure me the damage threshold will not be used as a barrier to access the scheme? Will people be allowed to use independent engineers to ensure no one is coerced into partial remediation?

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