Seanad debates

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages

 

9:30 am

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

I reiterate what I said earlier. Sinn Féin has done an awful lot of spinning over the course of this debate. There has been no end to it these past few weeks. It is interesting that a review of this legislation was announced in June 2021. The party's spokesperson on housing was asked, like all of us in these Houses, to make a contribution to help fix the scheme. We knew there were issues with it and everybody pitched in, except Senator Boylan and her party and party spokesperson, who promised on national media that he would contribute. He has contributed nothing for the people of Donegal, so the Senator should not come in here, with two weeks to go, and preach about how her party has all the answers. It has contributed nothing in two years and now it knows everything.

Turning to the amendment and the issue of prices in Donegal, there is a difference of €100,000 on individual houses. There are, and will be, issues with that. I have no doubt the Senator has examples of that, but I can give examples on the other side. Let us have a balanced approach here and be honest.

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