Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. The devil is in the detail. Some of the response states that an assurance will be given on receipt by the Department on clarifications sought. From talking to engineers who were involved in submissions from both Clare and Mayo, my understanding is that the submission was in line with the standards set out and the information provided that allowed Mayo and Donegal to enter the scheme. The engineering people who I am talking to are at a loss to understand what further clarification is required. There is, as I said, an established fact that pyrite is present in the blocks in Clare. It is an established fact that this impacts on the ability of people to live in their homes. We can fiddle around the edges with detail and try to delay this. My concern is that there is a reticence within some aspect of the Department. At political level there is certainly a desire to make it happen. Notwithstanding the commitment of the Minister of State, which I know is fulsome, wholesome and genuine, and the same is true of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, who has visited the homes in Clare, I am still concerned and I would like better information to understand why Clare County Council is expected to provide something different to what Mayo and Donegal county councils provided in establishing their bona fides to enter the scheme. It may not be something the Minister of State can provide me with today but I hope that those within the Department who have access to that information could make it public, let us know what it is, and let us move on.