Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

They are not agreed. Every week when the Business Committee meets, I have raised the issue of defective concrete blocks. A year ago, the Government stated that it would extend the increase in the cap to everybody going through the scheme. How on earth has it not produced the legislation to date? It is cruel. People are struggling to find tens of thousands of euro. I met someone the other day for whom the gap is €200,000. They had a six-year mortgage; they will now have a 19-year mortgage. Their mortgage has doubled. That so-called 100% redress in the west of Ireland compares with 100% redress for pyrite in the east. How dare the Minister say that the Government has stepped up and done what is right.

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