Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly do as Senator O’Loughlin asked on behalf on these residents in Newbridge. It may not be an isolated case. It is the only the case I am aware of but it may have happened in other areas. I will bring it back to the Minister so the number of houses that have suffered damage during this period can be checked. There cannot be too many cases like this in the country. It would be good to have an idea, for future reference, how many houses are in some of these multi-unit development complexes with apartments and duplexes. I will certainly bring that point back to the Minister.I take the Senator's point that the schemes I mentioned were more of a general nature than specific to the particular area the Senator has highlighted on behalf of the people of Newbridge. She mentioned that because these homes have timber frames, by definition they would not be covered by some of these schemes.

I ask the people involved to check with their insurance companies to see is there an avenue for them to be covered. I do not know whether they have done that. I will bring the points the Senator has made on behalf of the residents in Newbridge to the Minister.