Charles Ward (Donegal, 100% Redress Party)

As the Tánaiste knows, I am living this experience so I can tell him at first hand what is happening on the ground. There is a humanitarian crisis in Mayo and a potential humanitarian crisis in Wexford and Limerick.

Yesterday, a pyrrhotite issue emerged in Wexford. Geographically, we are at opposite ends of the country but we have the same problem. Within a mile of where I live, there are 200 houses currently affected. If the scheme happened in the morning, we would have absolutely nowhere for the people to go, and I am in a small area. In Deputy Doherty's area in west Donegal there were not that many people with defective homes two years ago but there are hundreds of them coming from the west and south of Donegal. The number is multiplying and we have absolutely nowhere for people to go. I am pleading with the Minister to look upon this as a humanitarian crisis and to please do something about these amendments. We have a humanitarian and homelessness crisis heading towards Donegal and the rest of the country.

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