Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed. There is a motion to be decided without debate before the Dáil tomorrow night to increase the cap on the defective concrete blocks scheme by 10%. The difficulty is large numbers are engaged in the scheme - the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, is here for this - who will be short tens of thousands of euro. In some cases, it is more than €100,000. It is crucial that they can avail of this cap too. My understanding is it is the Minister's intention to make it possible for them to avail of the cap but it requires an amendment of the 2022 legislation. I appeal for a timeframe - if it could happen this week or, at the very latest, next week. We need an amendment to the 2022 legislation to make sure families who are short huge amounts of money can avail of this increase.

It would be very cruel if that does not happen before the Taoiseach calls an election. Please make it happen as soon as possible.

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