Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)

I wish to speak in general support of the amendment. This is a dire situation families are in due to a lack of regulation and oversight. There is nothing more traumatic than for people to see their homes crumbling in front of them and to go through all this stress over years. They need somewhere to live when these works are taking place and their houses are being demolished and rebuilt and I do not hear from the Tánaiste what the Government's solution is. If the Government is not supporting the amendments, what is the solution? What is it going to do about this? This has to be tackled. People need a place to live in when they have to move out of their home.

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