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

As things stand, many homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks are unable to access working capital loans from the banks to start the remedial works on their houses. Aside from the well-documented shortcomings of the scheme, such people simply cannot afford to access it. They need invoices for €100,000 of completed work to have grant funding released by the local authorities under the redress scheme. Having met today with representatives of the Banking Payments Federation of Ireland, BPFI, I welcome their proposal. That proposal has gone to the Government. Has the Minister had sight of the proposal? How quickly can the Government approve it so that it begins to work for people? The proposal must be fast-tracked. Will the Minister commit to ensuring it is in place as quickly as possible?

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