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- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: I will happily deal with that. I ask the Cathaoirleach to give me a chance to respond.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: I will address the amendment. At the heart of this amendment is fairness. Right now, because this is not a 100% redress scheme, there is a shortfall. The point of this amendment is to ensure that if a legal case is taken, that shortfall can be made up. It is pure fairness. People watching this debate are waiting to see if the Government is going to listen, in any way, to their concerns....
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: I will, absolutely. We asked for a review of the rates-----
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: -----and Senator Cummins and his colleagues voted against it. He has some bloody cheek to ask for figures when he voted down the amendment.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: Why did you vote against the amendment?
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: Why did you vote against the amendment? The Senator wants to play party politics-----
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: -----with people's lives and homes.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: That is what you are doing.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: That is what you are doing.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: Senator Cummins is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: I am asking the Minister of State to address the issue of fairness and acknowledge the fact-----
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: No, he has not. I asked him to acknowledge that there is a shortfall and to outline how it will be addressed in relation to this amendment. I look forward to hearing his response.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: There is no response. My God.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin opposes this section on behalf of the homeowners who have asked us to block this section. It is for the simple reason that the section signs away people's rights to take legal action. As we have constantly tried to explain to the Minister of State, where there is a shortfall we feel that homeowners should have the right to at least recover that shortfall in any legal action...
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: The example I gave the Minister of State earlier speaks directly to this amendment. It is a family home eligible for €160,000 under this scheme with a €200,000 rebuild cost. With respect to the section he is supporting, how is it fair to block that person from at least being able to recover that portion of the costs to ensure he or she is not actually out of pocket? Will the...
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: He is not addressing the amendment, a Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: You stopped me speaking when I was raising this.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: As we approach the end of this Bill it is so important that the Minister of State addresses the issue at the heart of this matter and the reason my party opposes section 29. We oppose section 29 because where people experience a shortfall, they need some right of redress. The Minister of State knows that people are watching this debate in the desperate hope that he will not take away their...
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)
Paul Gavan: The Minister of State has said nothing.