Aideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to refer to the residents of Priory Hall who, for the second year in a row and on foot of a High Court order handed down in October 2011, will spend Christmas out of their homes. Many of these people continue to pay mortgages on their properties. I ask that the Leader invite the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to come before the House to discuss what is going to be done for the residents of Priory Hall. The State has ultimate responsibility in respect of this matter, particularly as it has overall responsibility in respect of building standards. It was a failure to comply with those standards which has placed the residents to whom I refer in the position they currently occupy. I would like the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to explain what is being done for the residents and to outline how it is proposed to rectify the damage caused to the properties they own. This is no laughing matter, particularly as the properties in question will never be capable of being sold on the market. Something must be done for the residents of Priory Hall.