Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty told Government yesterday that their scheme regarding defective blocks isn’t working and asked when they will finally provide affected homeowners with 100% redress.
Speaking to the Taoiseach, the Sinn Féin TD said:
“Minister Darragh O’Brien told RTÉ that the Defective Concrete Block grant is taking hold across the affected region.
“This is going to come as a big surprise to affected homeowners in my own county of Donegal and Mayo and Clare, and indeed elsewhere as figures released just last week by Minister O’Brien to Deputy Eoin Ó Broin flatly contradicted this claim by the Minister.
“To date, just 54 homes have received a full grant and since the revised scheme opened last summer, only 236 homeowners have applied.
“The scheme isn’t working Taoiseach. It doesn’t provide 100% redress.
“The amendments that were proposed by the homeowners back in 2022 would have improved the scheme. Instead, you and your government colleagues voted them down.
“Clearly the scheme isn’t delivering. Taoiseach, I’m asking you, when will you return to the homeowner’s amendments and finally provide affected homeowners with 100% redress?
“They’ve done nothing wrong, and their homes are crumbling around them and they’re still crumbling around them and they need action.”
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