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

It is more than 15 months since the Government received the working group report on building defects in apartments and duplexes. It revealed the scale of the crisis that up to 100,000 families are facing. They are facing serious fire defects and other defects with an average remediation cost of €25,000. The responsibility for this crisis lies with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the regime of self-certification for which they are responsible. At the time, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, responded to the report, promising action and 100% redress. Those were very fine words. However, that is all we have had. More than a year on, there has been no emergency funding and no movement on the scheme. Two budgets have passed and almost no money has been provided for redress. For mica in apartments and duplexes, the Government has committed to providing more than €5 billion but no money was provided in the budget. We now hear that the legislation may not be passed by the time the Government is done and turfed out. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment that this is going to happen within the term of this Government, that it will be legislated for and implemented, and that the money will be paid out?

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