Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is dreadful to see those people with houses and apartments which are unsafe. People need to be held accountable, even if it is many years afterwards. Developers and builders are also responsible. These people must bear some responsibility for this and must be held to account. They have been let off for far too long. People have washed their hands of this situation. The engineers, architects, fire officers and the rest of them must be held to account and we must ensure that happens. Senator Barrett raised that point too. He also called for a debate on climate change and referred to the flooding in Cork, the Volkswagen emissions and the role of the insurance sector in this matter. I agree with him that it is timely to debate the matter and I will try to arrange one.

Senator Mullins highlighted that this is road safety week and called for motorists to check their tyres and vehicles and asked cyclists to be vigilant on the roads. Senator Noone mentioned a Healthy Ireland study which outlined that 60% of the population is still overweight, including myself.