Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Keogan for outlining why it is not actually a 100% scheme, because she has just said "if there is a shortfall".We know there is a shortfall. The woman attended the committee and outlined her case. There is a shortfall in her case of almost €40,000. As anybody who has tried to deal with the SEAI will know, the backlog is enormous. It is difficult to get a house assessed and then you have to apply for an adaptation grant. These homeowners just want to have their homes rebuilt. They did nothing wrong and they should not be sent to different agencies to try to get the funding. If this were 100% redress, they would not have to do that.

Repeatedly over the course of this debate, there have been accusations of misrepresentation and spinning from the other side of the House. I do not mind Senator Blaney saying it about me, as the Minister did yesterday. That is fine. It is politics and we can have the debate. Nevertheless, the families and homeowners who are watching the debate sought advice and drafted these amendments. Is the Government suggesting they are misrepresenting what is in the Bill? Would its members go into one of those houses tomorrow and tell the owners they are misrepresenting, spinning or casting doubt? These are their amendments. I do not mind the Government telling me I am misrepresenting. That is fine.