Charles Ward (Donegal, 100% Redress Party)

It is a disgrace that we now face into October and legislation regarding retrospective payments for homeowners under the defective concrete scheme still has not been published despite the Taoiseach's housing Minister in June saying it would be. I expect the funds will be made available in the Government's budget next week, and if the Government fails to properly address this crisis yet again it will have failed impacted homeowners once again. In July, I informed the Taoiseach that the houses in Elm Park, Buncrana, face immediate dangers. These houses were built with defective concrete and built on a floodplain. In response, he assured me that the Ministers of State, Deputies Boxer Moran and O'Sullivan, would visit the residents over the following week, which they failed to do, but I understand that the meeting took place and a decision has been made on this. Will the Taoiseach inform the residents of the Minister's decision and end the miseries and uncertainties for these families?

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