Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage

 

10:00 am

Photo of Niall BlaneyNiall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Everybody in this House represents the homeowners. We all speak for homeowners. We speak to homeowners. Certainly, I have been spent as much time as any other public representative in these Houses on this scheme - hundreds of hours over the past two years - and I would like to think I was doing the work on behalf of homeowners who consult with me.

I also recognise that there are those issues of inflation. I raised them here with the Minister on Second Stage. In Donegal, there is talk of 15%. I do not know the officials the Senator is talking to. I cannot get an official to tell me is it exactly 15%, is it less or is it more, but inflation is an issue. I also recognise there is an independent mechanism of setting prices but, certainly, I would acknowledge that inflation is an issue.

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