Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise again the serious, pressing and critical issue of homeowners affected by the defective concrete block crisis in my own county and elsewhere. The Minister and his Department are centrally involved with this and have responsibility for key issues, including the issue of future mortgageability of remediated homes. I ask the Minister again to update the Dáil on his engagement with the banking sector, with his Department and with the Department of housing on this critical issue. I attended a meeting where 1,300 people came out to voice their anger that this scheme is not working. They are very annoyed because it seems that the Department of housing and the Minister's colleague, the Minister for housing, are stopping this proposal from the banks.

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